Childhood exposure to parental smoking and life-course overweight and central obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the association between childhood parental smoking exposure and the risk of overweight/obesity from childhood to adulthood.

Methods

This study leverages the data from two longitudinal population based cohort studies, the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study between years 1980-2011/2012 (YFS; N = 2,303; baseline age 3-18 years) and the Special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project between years 1989-2009/2010 (STRIP; N = 632; baseline age 7 months). Weight, height and waist circumference were measured from childhood to adulthood. Overweight/obesity was defined as body mass index ≥25 kg/m² in adults and using the Cole criteria in children. Central obesity was defined as waist circumference > 100/90 cm in men/women an

SUBMITTER: Jaakkola JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7901689 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature