Association between maternal adherence to healthy lifestyle practices and risk of obesity in offspring: results from two prospective cohort studies of mother-child pairs in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the association between an overall maternal healthy lifestyle (characterized by a healthy body mass index, high quality diet, regular exercise, no smoking, and light to moderate alcohol intake) and the risk of developing obesity in offspring.

Design

Prospective cohort studies of mother-child pairs.

Setting

Nurses' Health Study II (NHSII) and Growing Up Today Study (GUTS) in the United States.

Participants

24 289 GUTS participants aged 9-14 years at baseline who were free of obesity and born to 16 945 NHSII women.

Main outcome measure

Obesity in childhood and adolescence, defined by age and sex specific cutoff points from the International Obesity Task Force. Risk of offspring obesity was evaluated by multivariable log-binomial regres

SUBMITTER: Dhana K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6031199 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature