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dc.contributor.authorToftemo, Ingunen_US
dc.contributor.authorJenum, Anne Karenen_US
dc.contributor.authorLagerløv, Peren_US
dc.contributor.authorJuliusson, Petur Benedikten_US
dc.contributor.authorFalk, Ragnhild Sørumen_US
dc.contributor.authorSletner, Lineen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-06T12:11:15Z
dc.date.available2019-06-06T12:11:15Z
dc.date.issued2018-08-23
dc.PublishedToftemo I, Jenum AK, Lagerløv P, Juliusson P, Falk R, Sletner L. Contrasting patterns of overweight and thinness among preschool children of different ethnic groups in Norway, and relations with maternal and early life factors. BMC Public Health. 2018;18:1056eng
dc.identifier.issn1471-2458
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/19897
dc.description.abstractBackground: Childhood obesity is a worldwide health challenge and risk factor for adult life obesity, which predisposes to development of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. However, also thinness in early life has been related to these diseases, especially if followed by fat gain. In European countries, susceptibility to cardio-metabolic diseases varies considerably between ethnic groups. We investigated ethnic differences in overweight and thinness in a multi-ethnic, population-based cohort of preschool children in Norway, and associations with maternal and early postnatal factors. Methods: Participants were children aged 4–5 years (n = 570) drawn from the population-based STORK Groruddalen cohort of healthy women and offspring followed from early pregnancy. Ethnic groups were: European (n = 298), South Asian (n = 154), and Middle East/North African (n = 118). Children’s growth data were provided from routine visits at local Child Health Clinics. Weight status was defined by the International Obesity Task Force. Using multinomial logistic regression analysis, we explored ethnic differences in overweight and thinness, and associations with maternal-, pre, − and postnatal factors. Results: Children of Middle East/North African origin had higher prevalence of overweight (22.0%) compared to European (12.8%) children, and in adjusted logistic regression analysis almost the double risk (OR 1.98; 95%CI: 1.08–3.63). Prevalence was lower in children of South Asian origin (5.2%). Children with South Asian background had higher prevalence of thinness (26.0%) compared to ethnic Europeans (10.4%), and the double risk (OR 2.20; 95%CI: 1.25–3.87) in adjusted models. Applying newly suggested BMI adjustments in South Asian children, taking into account their relatively increased adiposity, markedly increased the prevalence of overweight, and decreased the prevalence of thinness in this subgroup. Birthweight and maternal prepregnant overweight were strongly, positively associated with overweight, and inversely associated with thinness. Lower maternal age was associated with overweight only. Conclusions: In a multi-ethnic cohort we found strikingly different patterns of overweight and thinness among children of different ethnic groups at age 4–5 years, and a strong association between maternal BMI and their children’s weight status. More knowledge is needed on what characterizes and what promotes healthy growth patterns in multi-ethnic populations.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherBMCeng
dc.rightsAttribution CC BYeng
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/eng
dc.subjectEthnicityeng
dc.subjectPreschooleng
dc.subjectOverweighteng
dc.subjectObesityeng
dc.subjectThinnesseng
dc.subjectBMIeng
dc.titleContrasting patterns of overweight and thinness among preschool children of different ethnic groups in Norway, and relations with maternal and early life factorsen_US
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.date.updated2019-01-29T09:06:45Z
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2018 The Authors
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5952-1
dc.identifier.cristin1612397
dc.source.journalBMC Public Health


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