TY - JOUR
T1 - Influence of parental physical activity on offspring's nutritional status
T2 - An intergenerational study in the 1993 Pelotas birth cohort
AU - Blumenberg, Cauane
AU - Martins, Rafaela Costa
AU - Da Silva, Shana Ginar
AU - Da Silva, Bruna Gonçalves Cordeiro
AU - Wehrmeister, Fernando C.
AU - Gonçalves, Helen
AU - Hallal, Pedro C.
AU - Crochemore-Silva, Inácio
AU - Menezes, Ana M.B.
N1 - This article is based on data from the study Pelotas Birth Cohort, 1993 conducted by Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology at Universidade Federal de Pelotas with the collaboration of the Brazilian Public Health Association (ABRASCO). From 2004 to 2013, the Wellcome Trust supported the 1993 birth cohort study funding its face-to-face follow-ups. The European Union, National Support Program for Centers of Excellence (PRONEX), the Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq), and the Brazilian Ministry of Health supported previous face-to-face phases of the study. The 22-year face-to-face follow-up was supported by the Science and Technology Department/Brazilian Ministry of Health, with resources transferred through the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), grant 400943/2013-1
PY - 2022/8/27
Y1 - 2022/8/27
N2 - Objective: To investigate the influence of parental physical activity on offspring's nutritional status in the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort. Design: Birth cohort study. Setting: The main outcomes were overweight and obesity status of children. The main exposure was parental physical activity over time, measured during the 11, 15 and 18 years of age follow-ups. The exposure was operationalised as cumulative, and the most recent measure before the birth of child. We adjusted Poisson regression models with robust variance to evaluate crude and adjusted associations between parental physical activity and offspring's nutritional status. All analyses were stratified according to the sex of the parent. Participants: A total of 874 members from the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort followed-up at 22 years of age with their first-born child were analysed. Results: Children were, on average, 3·1 years old. Crude analyses showed that the mother's cumulative physical activity measure had an indirect association with the prevalence of children's obesity. The most recent maternal physical activity measure before the birth of the child was associated with 41 % lower prevalence of obesity in children, even after adjustment for confounders. Conclusions: The most recent maternal physical activity measure was indirectly associated with the prevalence of obesity in children. No associations were found for fathers, reinforcing the hypothesis of a biological effect of maternal physical activity on offspring's nutritional status.
AB - Objective: To investigate the influence of parental physical activity on offspring's nutritional status in the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort. Design: Birth cohort study. Setting: The main outcomes were overweight and obesity status of children. The main exposure was parental physical activity over time, measured during the 11, 15 and 18 years of age follow-ups. The exposure was operationalised as cumulative, and the most recent measure before the birth of child. We adjusted Poisson regression models with robust variance to evaluate crude and adjusted associations between parental physical activity and offspring's nutritional status. All analyses were stratified according to the sex of the parent. Participants: A total of 874 members from the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort followed-up at 22 years of age with their first-born child were analysed. Results: Children were, on average, 3·1 years old. Crude analyses showed that the mother's cumulative physical activity measure had an indirect association with the prevalence of children's obesity. The most recent maternal physical activity measure before the birth of the child was associated with 41 % lower prevalence of obesity in children, even after adjustment for confounders. Conclusions: The most recent maternal physical activity measure was indirectly associated with the prevalence of obesity in children. No associations were found for fathers, reinforcing the hypothesis of a biological effect of maternal physical activity on offspring's nutritional status.
KW - Intergenerational Relations
KW - Nutrition Status
KW - Physical Activity
KW - Public Health
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U2 - 10.1017/S1368980021004079
DO - 10.1017/S1368980021004079
M3 - Article
C2 - 34569464
AN - SCOPUS:85117733795
SN - 1368-9800
VL - 25
SP - 2206
EP - 2213
JO - Public Health Nutrition
JF - Public Health Nutrition
IS - 8
ER -