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Explorations on risk profiles for overweight and obesity in 9501 preschool-aged children

Qiong Wang1, Min Yang1, Xiangling Deng1

  • 1Graduate School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China; Department of Pediatrics, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China.

Obesity Research & Clinical Practice
|March 12, 2022
PubMed

Insights

Childhood obesity is linked to eating speed, sleep duration, birth weight, and parental BMI in Chinese preschoolers. These factors, along with diet and parental weight, synergistically increase obesity risk.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatrics
  • Public Health
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Childhood obesity presents a significant global public health challenge.
  • Identifying contributing factors is crucial for effective prevention and intervention strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify and characterize individual and joint factors associated with overweight and obesity in Chinese preschool-aged children.
  • To develop predictive models for childhood overweight and obesity risk.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional study involving 9501 preschool-aged children from Beijing and Tangshan.
  • Overweight and obesity defined using WHO, IOTF, and China criteria.
  • Multivariable analysis and interaction analysis were performed.

Main Results:

  • Eating speed, sleep duration, birth weight, and paternal BMI were consistently associated with overweight/obesity.
  • Fast food intake, maternal BMI, gestational weight gain, and maternal pre-pregnancy BMI were also significant factors.
  • Significant interactions were found between parental obesity and eating speed.

Conclusions:

  • Lifestyle, fetal/neonatal, and family-related factors synergistically increase the risk of overweight and obesity in preschool children.
  • Risk nomogram models demonstrated good prediction accuracy for childhood overweight and obesity.
Abstract

Keywords:
Childhood overweight and obesityInteractionNomogramPreschool-aged childrenRisk profile

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