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Mother's body mass index and food intake in school-aged children: Results of the GINIplus and the LISAplus studies.

Eur. J. Clin. Nutr. 68, 898-906 (2014)
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Background/Objectives:Mother's body mass index (BMI) is a strong predictor of child BMI. Whether mother's BMI correlates with child's food intake is unclear. We investigated associations between mother's BMI/overweight and child's food intake using data from two German birth cohorts.Subjects/Methods:Food intakes from 3230 participants were derived from parent-completed food frequency questionnaires. Intakes of 11 food groups were categorized into three levels using group- and sex-specific tertile cutoffs. Mother's BMI and overweight were calculated on the basis of questionnaire data. Multinomial regression models assessed associations between a child's food intake and mother's BMI/overweight. Linear regression models assessed associations between a child's total energy intake and mother's BMI. Models were adjusted for study region, maternal education, child's age, sex, pubertal status and energy intake and the BMIs of the child and father.Results:Mothers' BMI was associated with high meat intake in children (adjusted relative risk ratio (RRR (95% confidence interval))=1.06 (1.03; 1.09)). Mothers' overweight was associated with the meat intake (medium versus low RRR=1.30 (1.07; 1.59); high versus low RRR=1.50 (1.19; 1.89)) and egg intake (medium versus low RRR=1.24 (1.02; 1.50); high versus low RRR=1.30 (1.07; 1.60)) of children. There were no consistent associations for rest of the food groups. For every one-unit increase in mothers' BMI, the total energy intake in children increased by 9.2 kcal (3.7; 14.7). However, this effect was not significant after adjusting for children's BMI.Conclusions:Our results suggest that mother's BMI and mother's overweight are important correlates of a child's intake of energy, meat and eggs.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
Keywords Eating Behavior; Feeding Practices; Central Obesity; Parental Bmi; Overweight; Weight; Risk; Associations; Adolescents; Style
Language english
Publication Year 2014
HGF-reported in Year 2014
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0954-3007
e-ISSN 1476-5640
Quellenangaben Volume: 68, Issue: 8, Pages: 898-906 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Nature Publishing Group
Publishing Place London
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Epidemiology (EPI)
POF-Topic(s) 30503 - Chronic Diseases of the Lung and Allergies
Research field(s) Genetics and Epidemiology
PSP Element(s) G-503900-001
PubMed ID 24848629
Scopus ID 84905863888
Scopus ID 84900692768
Erfassungsdatum 2014-05-24