Perinatal and family factors associated with preadolescence overweight/obesity in Greece: The GRECO study

dc.contributor.author	Risvas, G	en
dc.contributor.author	Papaioannou, I	en
dc.contributor.author	Panagiotakos, DB	en
dc.contributor.author	Farajian, P	en
dc.contributor.author	Bountziouka, V	en
dc.contributor.author	Zampelas, A	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-06T06:51:58Z
dc.date.available	2014-06-06T06:51:58Z
dc.date.issued	2012	en
dc.identifier.issn	22106006	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jegh.2012.06.002	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://62.217.125.90/xmlui/handle/123456789/5794
dc.subject	Adolescence	en
dc.subject	Obesity	en
dc.subject	Pre- and post-natal factors	en
dc.subject.other	article	en
dc.subject.other	body mass	en
dc.subject.other	child	en
dc.subject.other	child health	en
dc.subject.other	cross-sectional study	en
dc.subject.other	disease association	en
dc.subject.other	family	en
dc.subject.other	female	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.subject.other	human	en
dc.subject.other	immobilization	en
dc.subject.other	major clinical study	en
dc.subject.other	male	en
dc.subject.other	maternal age	en
dc.subject.other	maternal behavior	en
dc.subject.other	obesity	en
dc.subject.other	perinatal period	en
dc.subject.other	prepuberty	en
dc.subject.other	prevalence	en
dc.subject.other	priority journal	en
dc.subject.other	school child	en
dc.subject.other	smoking	en
dc.subject.other	student	en
dc.subject.other	television viewing	en
dc.subject.other	weight gain	en
dc.title	Perinatal and family factors associated with preadolescence overweight/obesity in Greece: The GRECO study	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/j.jegh.2012.06.002	en
heal.publicationDate	2012	en
heal.abstract	Objective: To explore associations of perinatal and family factors with preadolescence overweight and obesity in a sample of Greek schoolchildren. Methods: A nationwide cross-sectional study among 2093 students (10.9 ± 0.72. years, 44.9% boys) and their parents were conducted. Anthropometric (e.g., height, weight, mother's body mass index (BMI) at the time of the study and at conception), socio-demographic (e.g., age, education, socio-economic status), diet and other major lifestyle characteristics (e.g., smoking, alcohol intake, physical activity and inactivity) and perinatal factors (e.g., breast- and formula-feeding) were collected with validated questionnaires. Height and weight of students were measured. Overweight/obesity was classified using IOTF cut-offs. Multivariable logistic and linear regression analyses were used to identify major independent factors of overweight/obesity among preadolescents and factors related with the percentage change of mother's BMI, respectively. Results: Increased age at pregnancy [odds ratios (OR) = 0.95, 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 0.93-0.97], higher BMI at conception (OR = 1.17, 95% CI: 1.12-1.22) and heavy smoking (OR = 2.02, 95% CI: 1.23-3.33) were positively associated with child's overweight/obesity status. Moreover, mother's age and TV viewing, indicating inactivity, were the strongest factors of the percentage increase in mother's BMI (b±. se = 0.23 ± 0.07, p= 0.002; b±. se = 0.32 ± 0.10, p= 0.002, respectively). Conclusions: Preadolescent obesity is associated with mother's pre-pregnancy weight, age and heavy smoking at conception and mother's BMI change after gestation. © 2012 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia.	en
heal.journalName	Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health	en
dc.identifier.issue	3	en
dc.identifier.volume	2	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.jegh.2012.06.002	en
dc.identifier.spage	145	en
dc.identifier.epage	153	en