OBJECTIVE: To examine overweight and obesity in Australian children followed through to adulthood. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: A cohort study of 8498 children aged 7-15 years who participated in the 1985 Australian Schools Health and Fitness Survey; of these, 2208 men and 2363 women completed a follow-up questionnaire at age 24-34 years in 2001-2005. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Height and weight were measured in 1985, and self-reported at follow-up. The accuracy of self-reported data was checked in 1185 participants. Overweight and obesity in childhood were defined according to international standard definitions for body mass index (BMI), and, in adulthood, as a BMI of 25-29.9 and > or =30 kg/m2, respectively, after correcting for self-report error. RESULTS: In those with baseline and follow-up data, the prevalence of overweight and obesity in childhood was 8.3% and 1.5% in boys and 9.7% and 1.4% in girls, respectively. At follow-up, the prevalence was 40.1% and 13.0% in men and 19.7% and 11.7% in women. The relative risk (RR) of becoming an obese adult was significantly greater for those who had been obese as children compared with those who had been a healthy weight (RR = 4.7; 95% CI, 3.0-7.2 for boys and RR = 9.2; 95% CI, 6.9-12.3 for girls). The proportion of adult obesity attributable to childhood obesity was 6.4% in males and 12.6% in females. CONCLUSION: Obesity in childhood was strongly predictive of obesity in early adulthood, but most obese young adults were a healthy weight as children.
OBJECTIVE: To examine overweight and obesity in Australian children followed through to adulthood. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: A cohort study of 8498 children aged 7-15 years who participated in the 1985 Australian Schools Health and Fitness Survey; of these, 2208 men and 2363 women completed a follow-up questionnaire at age 24-34 years in 2001-2005. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Height and weight were measured in 1985, and self-reported at follow-up. The accuracy of self-reported data was checked in 1185 participants. Overweight and obesity in childhood were defined according to international standard definitions for body mass index (BMI), and, in adulthood, as a BMI of 25-29.9 and > or =30 kg/m2, respectively, after correcting for self-report error. RESULTS: In those with baseline and follow-up data, the prevalence of overweight and obesity in childhood was 8.3% and 1.5% in boys and 9.7% and 1.4% in girls, respectively. At follow-up, the prevalence was 40.1% and 13.0% in men and 19.7% and 11.7% in women. The relative risk (RR) of becoming an obese adult was significantly greater for those who had been obese as children compared with those who had been a healthy weight (RR = 4.7; 95% CI, 3.0-7.2 for boys and RR = 9.2; 95% CI, 6.9-12.3 for girls). The proportion of adult obesity attributable to childhood obesity was 6.4% in males and 12.6% in females. CONCLUSION:Obesity in childhood was strongly predictive of obesity in early adulthood, but most obese young adults were a healthy weight as children.
Authors: Terence Dwyer; Cong Sun; Costan G Magnussen; Olli T Raitakari; Nicholas J Schork; Alison Venn; Trudy L Burns; Markus Juonala; Julia Steinberger; Alan R Sinaiko; Ronald J Prineas; Patricia H Davis; Jessica G Woo; John A Morrison; Stephen R Daniels; Wei Chen; Sathanur R Srinivasan; Jorma Sa Viikari; Gerald S Berenson Journal: Int J Epidemiol Date: 2012-03-20 Impact factor: 7.196
Authors: George C Patton; Craig A Olsson; Vegard Skirbekk; Richard Saffery; Mary E Wlodek; Peter S Azzopardi; Marcin Stonawski; Bruce Rasmussen; Elizabeth Spry; Kate Francis; Zulfiqar A Bhutta; Nicholas J Kassebaum; Ali H Mokdad; Christopher J L Murray; Andrew M Prentice; Nicola Reavley; Peter Sheehan; Kim Sweeny; Russell M Viner; Susan M Sawyer Journal: Nature Date: 2018-02-21 Impact factor: 49.962
Authors: Seana L Gall; Joan Abbott-Chapman; George C Patton; Terence Dwyer; Alison Venn Journal: BMC Public Health Date: 2010-02-02 Impact factor: 3.295
Authors: Helen Truby; Kimberley A Baxter; Paula Barrett; Robert S Ware; John C Cardinal; Peter Sw Davies; Lynne A Daniels; Jennifer A Batch Journal: BMC Public Health Date: 2010-08-09 Impact factor: 3.295