Abstract

Childhood obesity increases the risk of obesity in adulthood, but how parental obesity affects the chances of a child's becoming an obese adult is unknown. We investigated the risk of obesity in young adulthood associated with both obesity in childhood and obesity in one or both parents.

Keywords

ObesityMedicineChildhood obesityYoung adultAdolescent ObesityEarly adulthoodPediatricsGerontologyInternal medicineOverweight

MeSH Terms

AdolescentAdultAge FactorsBody Mass IndexChildChildPreschoolCohort StudiesFemaleHumansInfantMaleObesityOdds RatioParentsRetrospective StudiesRisk Factors

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Year
1997
Type
article
Volume
337
Issue
13
Pages
869-873
Citations
4388
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Robert C. Whitaker, Jeffrey A. Wright, Margaret S. Pepe et al. (1997). Predicting Obesity in Young Adulthood from Childhood and Parental Obesity. New England Journal of Medicine , 337 (13) , 869-873. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199709253371301

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DOI
10.1056/nejm199709253371301
PMID
9302300

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