Maternal body mass index in early pregnancy is associated with overweight and obesity in children up to 16 years of age

Childhood obesity is an increasing public health problem. The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between maternal body mass index in early pregnancy and body mass index in children up to the age of 16 years, and to estimate the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity in a ru...

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Published in:PloS one 2022-10, Vol.17 (10), p.e0275542-e0275542
Main Authors: Önnestam, Lisa, Vad, Orsolya Haahr, Andersson, Tobias, Jolesjö, Åsa, Sandegård, Jenny, Bengtsson Boström, Kristina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Age
Allmän medicin
Biology and Life Sciences
Body mass
Body mass index
Body size
Body weight
Children
Correlation
Demographic aspects
Family Medicine
Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi
Gender differences
Health aspects
Health care
Medicine and Health Sciences
Obesity
Obesity in adolescence
Obesity in children
Overweight
Pediatrics
Pediatrik
People and places
Physiological aspects
Population studies
Pregnancy
Pregnant women
Public health
Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Risk factors
Social Sciences
Womens health
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Summary:Childhood obesity is an increasing public health problem. The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between maternal body mass index in early pregnancy and body mass index in children up to the age of 16 years, and to estimate the prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity in a rural municipality in Sweden. The study population comprised 312 pregnant women who attended the antenatal clinics in Lidköping during the year 1999 and their 319 children. Data on body mass index from antenatal clinics, child health care centres and school health care were used in linear and multinomial logistic regressions adjusted for maternal age, smoking status, and parity. Overweight or obesity were found in 23.0% of 16-year-olds. The correlation between maternal and child body mass index at all studied ages was positive and significant. Body mass index in 16-year-old boys showed the strongest correlation with maternal body mass index (adjusted r-square = 0.31). The adjusted relative-risk ratio for 16-year old children to be classified as obese as compared to normal weight, per 1 unit increase in maternal body mass index was 1.46 (95% confidence interval 1.29-1.65, p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0275542