TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationships between parental education and overweight with childhood overweight and physical activity in 9-11 year old children
T2 - results from a 12-country study
AU - ISCOLE Research Group
AU - Muthuri, Stella K.
AU - Onywera, Vincent O.
AU - Tremblay, Mark S.
AU - Broyles, Stephanie
AU - Chaput, Jean Philippe
AU - Fogelholm, Mikael
AU - Hu, Gang
AU - Kuriyan, Rebecca
AU - Kurpad, Anura
AU - Lambert, Estelle V.
AU - Maher, Carol
AU - Maia, José
AU - Matsudo, Victor
AU - Olds, Timothy
AU - Sarmiento, Olga L.
AU - Standage, Martyn
AU - Tudor-Locke, Catrine
AU - Zhao, Pei
AU - Church, Timothy S.
AU - Katzmarzyk, Peter T.
AU - Lambert, Denise G.
AU - Barreira, Tiago
AU - Broyles, Stephanie
AU - Butitta, Ben
AU - Champagne, Catherine
AU - Cocreham, Shannon
AU - Denstel, Kara D.
AU - Drazba, Katy
AU - Harrington, Deirdre
AU - Johnson, William
AU - Milauskas, Dione
AU - Mire, Emily
AU - Tohme, Allison
AU - Rodarte, Ruben
AU - Amoroso, Bobby
AU - Luopa, John
AU - Neiberg, Rebecca
AU - Rushing, Scott
AU - Lewis, Lucy
AU - Ferrar, Katia
AU - Georgiadis, Effie
AU - Stanley, Rebecca
AU - Matsudo, Victor Keihan Rodrigues
AU - Matsudo, Sandra
AU - Araujo, Timoteo
AU - De Oliveira, Luis Carlos
AU - Fabiano, Luis
AU - Bezerra, Diogo
AU - Ferrari, Gerson
AU - Wang, Yue
PY - 2016/8/24
Y1 - 2016/8/24
N2 - Background: Globally, the high prevalence of overweight and low levels of physical activity among children has serious implications for morbidity and premature mortality in adulthood. Various parental factors are associated with childhood overweight and physical activity. The objective of this paper was to investigate relationships between parental education or overweight, and (i) child overweight, (ii) child physical activity, and (iii) explore household coexistence of overweight, in a large international sample. Methods: Data were collected from 4752 children (9-11 years) as part of the International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment in 12 countries around the world. Physical activity of participating children was assessed by accelerometry, and body weight directly measured. Questionnaires were used to collect parents' education level, weight, and height. Results: Maternal and paternal overweight were positively associated with child overweight. Higher household coexistence of parent-child overweight was observed among overweight children compared to the total sample. There was a positive relationship between maternal education and child overweight in Colombia 1.90 (1.23-2.94) [odds ratio (confidence interval)] and Kenya 4.80 (2.21-10.43), and a negative relationship between paternal education and child overweight in Brazil 0.55 (0.33-0.92) and the USA 0.54 (0.33-0.88). Maternal education was negatively associated with children meeting physical activity guidelines in Colombia 0.53 (0.33-0.85), Kenya 0.35 (0.19-0.63), and Portugal 0.54 (0.31-0.96). Conclusions: Results are aligned with previous studies showing positive associations between parental and child overweight in all countries, and positive relationships between parental education and child overweight or negative associations between parental education and child physical activity in lower economic status countries. Relationships between maternal and paternal education and child weight status and physical activity appear to be related to the developmental stage of different countries. Given these varied relationships, it is crucial to further explore familial factors when investigating child overweight and physical activity.
AB - Background: Globally, the high prevalence of overweight and low levels of physical activity among children has serious implications for morbidity and premature mortality in adulthood. Various parental factors are associated with childhood overweight and physical activity. The objective of this paper was to investigate relationships between parental education or overweight, and (i) child overweight, (ii) child physical activity, and (iii) explore household coexistence of overweight, in a large international sample. Methods: Data were collected from 4752 children (9-11 years) as part of the International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment in 12 countries around the world. Physical activity of participating children was assessed by accelerometry, and body weight directly measured. Questionnaires were used to collect parents' education level, weight, and height. Results: Maternal and paternal overweight were positively associated with child overweight. Higher household coexistence of parent-child overweight was observed among overweight children compared to the total sample. There was a positive relationship between maternal education and child overweight in Colombia 1.90 (1.23-2.94) [odds ratio (confidence interval)] and Kenya 4.80 (2.21-10.43), and a negative relationship between paternal education and child overweight in Brazil 0.55 (0.33-0.92) and the USA 0.54 (0.33-0.88). Maternal education was negatively associated with children meeting physical activity guidelines in Colombia 0.53 (0.33-0.85), Kenya 0.35 (0.19-0.63), and Portugal 0.54 (0.31-0.96). Conclusions: Results are aligned with previous studies showing positive associations between parental and child overweight in all countries, and positive relationships between parental education and child overweight or negative associations between parental education and child physical activity in lower economic status countries. Relationships between maternal and paternal education and child weight status and physical activity appear to be related to the developmental stage of different countries. Given these varied relationships, it is crucial to further explore familial factors when investigating child overweight and physical activity.
KW - overweight
KW - physical activity
KW - child heallth
KW - childhood obesity
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0147746
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0147746
M3 - Article
C2 - 27557132
AN - SCOPUS:84990986011
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 11
JO - PLoS ONE
JF - PLoS ONE
IS - 8
M1 - e0147746
ER -