Parental Body Mass Index in association with the prevalence of overweight/obesity among adolescents in Greece; dietary and lifestyle habits in the context of the family environment: the Vyronas study.
The objective of this study was to evaluate whether Parental Body Mass Index is associated with overweight/obesity in a sample of Greek adolescents, taking into consideration dietary and lifestyle habits. The Vyronas study is a cross-sectional health and nutrition survey. During 2004/2005, 2008 schoolchildren were selected. BMI was calculated for both parents and adolescents. A semi-quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire was applied. Results demonstrated that there is a strong positive association between the parental overweight/obesity status and their offspring's BMI. Some dietary and lifestyle habits seem to affect boys and girls BMI in relation to parental status differently.
Kosti
Rena I
RI
Unit of Human Nutrition, Department of Food Science and Technology, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos street, 118 55 Athens, Greece.
Panagiotakos
Demosthenes B
DB
Tountas
Yiannis
Y
Mihas
Costas C
CC
Alevizos
Alevizos
A
Mariolis
Theodoros
T
Papathanassiou
Marek
M
Zampelas
Antonis
A
Mariolis
Anargiros
A
D000293:Adolescent; D017195:Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires