Assessment of the Impact of Parental BMI on the Incidence of Overweight and Obesity in Children from Ukraine

Assessment of the Impact of Parental BMI on the Incidence of Overweight and Obesity in Children from Ukraine

The aim of this study was to assess the impact of parental body mass index (BMI) on the risk of having an overweight or obese child in Ukraine. This study included 22,576 parents (11,288 mothers and fathers) and the same number of children (boys 48%, girls 52%) aged 6.0–18.9 years who live in Ukrain...

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Main Authors: Katarzyna Dereń, Justyna Wyszyńska, Serhiy Nyankovskyy, Olena Nyankovska, Edyta Łuszczki, Marek Sobolewski, Artur Mazur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
obesity
overweight
BMI
children
parents
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/4/1060

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