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- Title
Fatness and obesity of the parents of obese individuals.
- Authors
Garn, S M; Sullivan, T V; Hawthorne, V M
- Abstract
As shown in 1419 pairings of obese probands with their parents drawn from a larger series of greater than 9000 proband-parent pairings, the fathers and mothers of obese probands are of increased fatness level (+0.27 Z scores) and more often obese than expected (odds ratio 1.50 overall). However, the tendency towards increased fatness and a greater prevalence of obesity among the parents of obese probands bears a curvilinear relationship to the age of the proband, being least when the probands are young, peaking when the sons and daughters are teen-agers, and declining thereafter. Parents of lean probands in turn tend to be lean themselves (averaging -0.25 Z scores) and least often obese when their progeny are teen-aged. As shown in a two-generational context, familial obesity is best demonstrated in adolescents and their parents, either reflecting years spent in common or a specific etiology for adolescent-onset obesity.
- Publication
The American journal of clinical nutrition, 1989, Vol 50, Issue 6, p1308
- ISSN
0002-9165
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/ajcn/50.6.1308