Associations between Childhood Disadvantage and Adult Body Mass Index Trajectories: A Follow-Up Study among Midlife Finnish Municipal Employees.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Childhood disadvantage is associated with a higher risk of adult obesity, but little is known about its associations with body mass index (BMI) trajectories during adulthood. This study aimed first to identify adulthood BMI trajectories, and second to investigate how childhood disadvantage is associated with trajectory group membership. METHODS:Data from the Helsinki Health Study, a longitudinal cohort study of initially 40- to 60-year-old employees of the City of Helsinki in Finland, were used. The baseline survey was conducted in 2000-2002, and similar follow-up surveys in 2007, 2012, and 2017. Based on self-reported BMI, participants' (n =5,266; 83% women) BMI trajectories, including their retrospectively reported BMI at the age of 25 years, were examined. Data on childhood di

SUBMITTER: Salmela J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6876612 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature