Hiroto Ogi1,2, Daisuke Nakamura2,3, Masato Ogawa2,4, Teruhiko Nakamura5, Kazuhiro P Izawa6,7. 1. Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University, 7-10-2 Tomogaoka, Suma-ku, Kobe, 654-0142, Japan. 2. Cardiovascular Stroke Renal Project (CRP), 7-10-2 Tomogaoka, Suma-ku, Kobe, 654-0142, Japan. 3. Fudousan Technologies Corporation, 1-29-2 Yurinokidai, Sanda, 669-1324, Japan. 4. Division of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kobe University Hospital, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0017, Japan. 5. Educational Corporation Tsukushi Gakuen, 2-3-11 Takadai, Chitose, 066-0035, Japan. 6. Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University, 7-10-2 Tomogaoka, Suma-ku, Kobe, 654-0142, Japan. izawapk@harbor.kobe-u.ac.jp. 7. Cardiovascular Stroke Renal Project (CRP), 7-10-2 Tomogaoka, Suma-ku, Kobe, 654-0142, Japan. izawapk@harbor.kobe-u.ac.jp.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: According to a World Health Organization report, in 2016, 41 million young children globally were overweight or obese. The connection between parents' social capital and their children's health has been studied, but associations between parental social capital and children's weight are largely unexamined. Hence, we assessed the relationship between preschool children's weight and parents' social capital. METHODS: We used BMI assessment data for 357 children (46.5% girls; mean age 5.3 years) in Japan. We examined parents' structural and cognitive social capital using a self-report questionnaire. RESULTS: Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed associations between parents' social capital and children's BMI. Seventy-two (20.2%) of the children had poor BMI (body mass index; overweight or thin). Interpersonal trust was significantly associated with normal BMI in children after adjustment for all confounding factors (OR 2.68; 95% CI, 1.33-5.44; P = .006) and was independently associated with other social capital factors, including norm of reciprocity (OR 3.38; 95% CI, 1.68-6.79; P < .001) and trust in organization (OR 1.24; 95% CI, 1.09-1.42; P = .001). CONCLUSION: Social capital factors were independently associated with each other. Japanese parents' high social capital was an independent predictor of normal BMI among preschool children.
OBJECTIVE: According to a World Health Organization report, in 2016, 41 million young children globally were overweight or obese. The connection between parents' social capital and their children's health has been studied, but associations between parental social capital and children's weight are largely unexamined. Hence, we assessed the relationship between preschool children's weight and parents' social capital. METHODS: We used BMI assessment data for 357 children (46.5% girls; mean age 5.3 years) in Japan. We examined parents' structural and cognitive social capital using a self-report questionnaire. RESULTS: Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed associations between parents' social capital and children's BMI. Seventy-two (20.2%) of the children had poor BMI (body mass index; overweight or thin). Interpersonal trust was significantly associated with normal BMI in children after adjustment for all confounding factors (OR 2.68; 95% CI, 1.33-5.44; P = .006) and was independently associated with other social capital factors, including norm of reciprocity (OR 3.38; 95% CI, 1.68-6.79; P < .001) and trust in organization (OR 1.24; 95% CI, 1.09-1.42; P = .001). CONCLUSION: Social capital factors were independently associated with each other. Japanese parents' high social capital was an independent predictor of normal BMI among preschool children.
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Keywords:
Body mass index; Health literacy; Preschool; Social capital; Thinness
Authors: Jun Aida; Katsunori Kondo; Hiroshi Hirai; S V Subramanian; Chiyoe Murata; Naoki Kondo; Yukinobu Ichida; Kokoro Shirai; Ken Osaka Journal: BMC Public Health Date: 2011-06-25 Impact factor: 3.295