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Social and somatic determinants of underweight, overweight and obesity at 5 years of age: a Norwegian regional cohort study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To identify associations between the weight groups underweight (UW), overweight (OW) and obesity (OB) at 5?years of age and exposures related to pregnancy, anthropometric measures at birth, sociodemographic factors, and family health, anthropometric measures and habits. DESIGN:Regional cohort study. SETTING:Oppland County, Norway. METHODS:Pregnancy data were obtained from a prospective perinatal register for children born in the county, and weight and height were measured by midwives at birth and by public health nurses at 5?years. Other information was obtained from questionnaires completed by parents. PARTICIPANTS:Of 1895 eligible children, current weight and height were obtained for all, weight and length at birth and information from parents for 1119 (59%) and pregnancy register data for 749 (40%) of the children. The significance of potential explanatory variables from descriptive statistics was tested in multinomial logistic regression analysis. RESULTS:The prevalence of UW, OW and OB among participants was 7.8%, 10.6% and 3.5%, respectively. UW was associated with anthropometric measures at birth and those of parents, but not with sociodemographic or behavioural characteristics. OW and OB were associated with anthropometric measures of parents and siblings and with a variety of unfavourable social characteristics, lack of prolonged breast feeding, sedentary behaviour and dental caries, but not with current dietary habits. After adjustments, OW and OB were marginally related to birth parameters and diet and unrelated to physical activity, but significantly related to parental body mass index, low parental education and maternal smoking. CONCLUSION:The strong associations between sociodemographic and behavioural factors and OW and OB, but not with UW, may suggest that environmental factors are major contributing causes of OW and particularly OB at 5?years. These results may be helpful in targeting preventive measures against OW and OB.

SUBMITTER: Donkor HM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5724122 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Social and somatic determinants of underweight, overweight and obesity at 5 years of age: a Norwegian regional cohort study.

Donkor Hilde Mjell HM Grundt Jacob Holter JH Júlíusson Pétur Benedikt PB Eide Geir Egil GE Hurum Jørgen J Bjerknes Robert R Markestad Trond T

BMJ open 20170818 8

<h4>Objective</h4>To identify associations between the weight groups underweight (UW), overweight (OW) and obesity (OB) at 5 years of age and exposures related to pregnancy, anthropometric measures at birth, sociodemographic factors, and family health, anthropometric measures and habits.<h4>Design</h4>Regional cohort study.<h4>Setting</h4>Oppland County, Norway.<h4>Methods</h4>Pregnancy data were obtained from a prospective perinatal register for children born in the county, and weight and heigh ...[more]

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Social and somatic determinants of underweight, overweight and obesity at 5 years of age: a Norwegian regional cohort study.

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Social and somatic determinants of underweight, overweight and obesity at 5 years of age: a Norwegian regional cohort study.

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