Association between parental socioeconomic status and offspring overweight/obesity from the China Family Panel Studies: a longitudinal survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the association between parental socioeconomic status (SES) and the risk of offspring overweight/obesity and the changes of the association that occur as children grow older.

Design

We used data from the nationally representative longitudinal survey of the China Family Panel Studies of 2010 and its three follow-up waves in 2012, 2014 and 2016.

Participants

A total of 6724 children aged 0-15 years old were included.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Average household income and paternal and maternal education levels were used as SES indicators. Logistic regression model for panel data was used to examine the associations between SES indicators and child overweight/obesity. A restricted cubic spline linear regression model was used to es

SUBMITTER: Ding S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8031690 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature