title: [Overweight and obesity among parents and their 13-old children in Poland].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among parents and their 13-year-old children in Poland, and relationships between parental and child obesity.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was conducted in 2008 as a part of prospective cohort follow-up study from 1995. The sample included 579 children (289 girls, 290 boys), their parents (549 mothers, 487 fathers). Parental height and weight were self-reported. Height and weight of children were performed by school nurses. IOTF criteria was used to determine overweight and obesity in children. For adults overweight was defined as BMI > or = 25.0 and obesity BMI > or = 30.0. The relation of parental-child overweight was tested by the odds ratio (OR).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of overweight was 43.4% for mothers and 71% for fathers (p < 0.001), including obesity respectively 12.3% and 20.3%, more often among rural mothers (48.1%) than urban (38.5%) (p = 0.69). Prevalence of childhood overweight was 16.7% for boys and 13.5% for girls, obesity respectively 2.4% and 1.0%. Overweight was observed more often in urban than rural areas, respectively 17.1% and 13.3%. OR for child hood overweight was the highest when both parents were overweight OR = 3.90 (1.57-9.72), when the mother alone was overweight OR = 2.55 (1.56-4.16), when father alone--OR = 2.10 (1.09-4.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Overweight and obesity is a family problem. In the obesity prevention, interventions should be directed towards the entire family.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Ochrony i Promocji Zdrowia Dzieci i Młodziezy, Instytut Matki i Dziecka w Warszawie. maria.jodkowska@imid.med.pl
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jodkowska
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oblacińska
authors.forename: Izabela
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tabak
authors.forename: Krystyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mikiel-Kostyra
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D017195:Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D015992:Body Mass Index; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors