Tracing Obesity From Parents to Adult Offspring: The Tromso Study 1994-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The combination of genetic and environmental contributors to obesity can be studied through intergenerational associations as previously shown in studies of parents and their children and adolescents. Few studies have investigated this in adulthood. This study aims to explore sex-specific associations in body mass index (BMI) and obesity status between parents and their adult offspring.

Methods

We used cross-sectional data from two surveys in the population-based Tromsø Study. Individuals participating in the seventh (Tromsø7 2015-2016) survey were linked to their parents in the fourth (Tromsø4 1994-1995) survey. Data were analyzed using linear mixed models and generalized estimating equations adjusting for sibling clusters, parents' age and education level, and of

SUBMITTER: Mikkelsen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12535470 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature