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Maternal BMI and country of birth as indicators of childhood obesity in children of Mexican origin.

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    • المصدر:
      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101264860 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 1930-7381 (Print) Linking ISSN: 19307381 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Obesity (Silver Spring) Subsets: MEDLINE
    • بيانات النشر:
      Publication: 2013- : Malden, MA : John Wiley & Sons
      Original Publication: Silver Spring, MD : NAASO, the Obesity Society, c2006-
    • الموضوع:
      Body Mass Index* ; Mexican Americans* ; Mothers*; Obesity/*epidemiology ; Obesity/*ethnology; Adolescent ; Adult ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Cohort Studies ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Mexico ; Prevalence ; United States/epidemiology ; United States/ethnology
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Objective: The goal of this study was to evaluate the relationship between maternal and childhood BMI at baseline in a group of 5- to 18-year-old children and their mothers, all of whom were of Mexican origin, low socioeconomic status, and enrolled in a cohort study in Houston, TX.
      Research Methods and Procedures: Using data from 438 mother-child dyads residing in the same household, we completed logistic regression analyses to determine maternal factors associated with the child being overweight or at-risk-for-overweight, after adjusting for the child's gender, age, and level of physical activity and other maternal confounders.
      Results: Almost one-half of the boys and girls (47% and 44%, respectively) were either overweight or at-risk-for-overweight. Obese mothers were twice as likely to have an overweight and/or at-risk-for-overweight child compared with normal-weight mothers. Women born in the U.S. were twice as likely to have an overweight and/or at-risk-for-overweight child compared with women born in Mexico. In addition, women with less than a high school education were twice as likely to have an overweight child compared with their more educated peers.
      Discussion: The high prevalence of overweight or at-risk-for-overweight among Mexican-origin children of low socioeconomic status suggests a continued need to develop and implement culturally sensitive preventive interventions for this minority population. Our data also suggest a need to tailor such interventions particularly for children of obese mothers and those born in the U.S.
    • Grant Information:
      CA105203 United States CA NCI NIH HHS; P60-MD000503 United States MD NIMHD NIH HHS
    • الموضوع:
      Date Created: 20071011 Date Completed: 20080122 Latest Revision: 20071010
    • الموضوع:
      20240829
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.1038/oby.2007.298
    • الرقم المعرف:
      17925478