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Grandparental and Parental Obesity Influences on Childhood Overweight: Implications for Primary Care Practice

Matthew M. Davis, Katherine McGonagle, Robert F. Schoeni and Frank Stafford
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2008, 21 (6) 549-554; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2008.06.070140

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  • Table 1.

    Comparison of Body Mass Index Category Distribution Among Children in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID; 2002/2003) and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES; 1999–2002)

    Child's BMI CategoryBoys and GirlsBoysGirls
    PSID (%)n*NHANES (%)PSID (%)n*NHANES (%)PSID (%)n*NHANES (%)
    Underweight3.20783.313.85413.602.57373.01
    Normal62.69158065.0658.7877763.9166.5180366.23
    At risk15.5540015.1415.6919414.4515.4220615.86
    Overweight18.5553316.4921.6828618.0415.524714.9
    Total100.0025911001001298100.001001293100

    • Percentage is weighted percentage of sample for the PSID or the NHANES. BMI, body mass index.

    • * Unweighted number of observations in PSID for that category. PSID data are from the Child Development Supplement.

  • Table 2.

    Distribution of Children Aged 5 to 19 Years by Parental and Grandparental Weight Status

    GP UnderweightGP Normal WeightGP OverweightGP ObeseGP Status MissingTotal
    Parent underweight0.07 (1)0.96 (17)1.03 (21)0.60 (13)1.38 (25)4.04 (77)
    Parent normal weight0.97 (19)12.83 (243)10.10 (230)5.37 (144)15.42 (366)44.69 (1002)
    Parent overweight0.14 (3)5.85 (112)6.11 (144)3.49 (139)9.35 (277)24.94 (675)
    Parent obese0.21 (5)3.06 (78)4.38 (113)5.46 (194)8.30 (293)21.41 (683)
    Parent status missing0.05 (1)0.46 (21)1.06 (27)1.17 (48)2.17 (57)4.91 (154)
    Total1.44 (29)18.18 (471)20.65 (535)20.76 (538)39.39 (1018)100 (2591)

    • Values in table are presented as % (n). Percentages are weighted; counts are unweighted. GP, grandparent.

  • Table 3.

    Proportion of Children Overweight (≥95th percentile), by Parental and Grandparental Weight Status

    GP Normal WeightGP OverweightGP ObeseGP Missing
    Parent normal weight7.9*7.9†17.4*‡§16.5‡
    Parent overweight17.6‡17.8‡18.6‡22.3‡
    Parent obese31.9‡28.3†‡29.2‡§32.6‡

    • Values are presented as percentage. Cases for which parent BMI were not available are not shown. Cases for which child, parent, or grandparent BMI were in underweight category are not shown. GP, grandparent.

    • * Parameters are significantly different from each other at P < .0001.

    • † Parameters are significantly different from each other at P < .0001.

    • ‡ Parameter is significantly different from base case group (parent normal and GP normal) at P < .0001.

    • § Parameters are significantly different from each other at P < .0001.

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