Body composition: population epidemiology and concordance in Australian children aged 11-12 years and their parents.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Overweight and obesity remain at historically high levels, cluster within families and are established risk factors for multiple diseases. We describe the epidemiology and cross-generational concordance of body composition among Australian children aged 11-12 years and their parents.

Design

The population-based cross-sectional Child Health CheckPoint study, nested within the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC).

Setting

Assessment centres in seven major Australian cities and eight regional cities, or home visits; February 2015-March 2016.

Participants

Of all participating CheckPoint families (n=1874), body composition data were available for 1872 children (49% girls) and 1852 parents (mean age 43.7 years; 88% mothers), including 1830 biol

SUBMITTER: Clifford SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6624063 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature