Intergenerational Transmission of Overweight and Obesity from Parents to Their Adolescent Offspring - The HUNT Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The main aim of this study was to examine weight associations between parents and offspring at two time points: 1995-97 and 2006-08, taking into account body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference.

Methods

The study included 8425 parent-offspring trios who participated in the population based Health Study of Nord Trøndelag (the HUNT Study), Norway, at either the HUNT2 (1995-97) or the HUNT3 (2006-08) survey. We used linear mixed effects models with siblings clustered within mothers to analyze the associations between 1) parental grouped BMI and offspring BMI z-scores and 2) parental grouped waist circumference and offspring waist circumference z-scores.

Results

Adolescent and adult overweight and obesity were higher in 2006-08 than in 1995-97, with the great

SUBMITTER: Næss M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5112991 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature