Pediatric ObesityPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-10-14DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.13181
Timo-Kolja Pförtner, Monika Gube, Thilo Koch, Josef Michels, Simone Dohle, Ibrahim Demirer
{"title":"Parental education and neighbourhood socioeconomic status in the prediction of childhood overweight: A multilevel analysis.","authors":"Timo-Kolja Pförtner, Monika Gube, Thilo Koch, Josef Michels, Simone Dohle, Ibrahim Demirer","doi":"10.1111/ijpo.13181","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ijpo.13181","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study examined cross-level interaction between parental education and neighbourhood SES in predicting overweight including obesity among school-aged children.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This analysis used data from 19 984 children aged 5-6 years participating in the school-entry examination of the years 2015 to 2019 in the Aachen city region in Germany. We employed multilevel logistic regression models to predict overweight based on parental education and neighbourhood SES, along with their cross-level interaction, while controlling for several characteristics of the child.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Children from families with intermediate (OR: 1.99; 95% CI, 1.65-2.40) and low parental education (OR: 2.55; 95% CI, 1.92-3.39) and from neighbourhoods with intermediate (OR: 1.25; 95% CI, 1.02-1.53) and low SES (OR: 1.61; 95% CI, 1.29-2.02) were at significantly higher odds for overweight. There was an indication of a cross-level interaction effect (p-value <0.10) to the disadvantage of children with higher parental education, suggesting that inequalities in overweight decrease in more deprived neighbourhoods. The predicted probability of overweight for children with high parental education increased from 6.4% in high SES neighbourhoods to 7.8% in intermediate and 9.9% in low SES neighbourhoods. Sensitivity analyses for obesity and a higher context level of spatial SES confirmed the results.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results highlight the crucial role of both individual and contextual socioeconomic conditions in predicting childhood overweight. They also suggest that the impact of neighbourhood socioeconomic status on childhood overweight varies by parental education, particularly disadvantaging children with higher parental education, indicating a social contagion of overweight through spatial disadvantage.</p>","PeriodicalId":217,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Obesity","volume":" ","pages":"e13181"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11710947/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142454274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pediatric ObesityPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-08-29DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.13167
Joseph Carrello, Vicki Brown, Anagha Killedar, Alison Hayes
{"title":"The effects of duration of any breastfeeding on body mass index in Australian children: Exploration of health, economic and equity impacts.","authors":"Joseph Carrello, Vicki Brown, Anagha Killedar, Alison Hayes","doi":"10.1111/ijpo.13167","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ijpo.13167","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Breastfeeding is a protective measure against childhood overweight and obesity. However, many children are not breastfed the recommended duration, with those from disadvantaged backgrounds more likely to cease breastfeeding early.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Investigate the association between duration of any breastfeeding and body mass index (BMI) and estimate the health, economic and equity impacts of increasing breastfeeding duration to at least 6 months.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We modelled the association between any breastfeeding duration and BMI at age 6/7 years, using a nationally representative cohort of 3935 Australian children (survey weighted to 221 103 children). We then used a simulation model to predict the impact of increasing breastfeeding duration to at least 6 months in all children on prevalence of overweight (including obesity) and associated healthcare costs to age 16/17 years.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Achieving breastfeeding duration of at least 6 months could prevent 2933 cases of overweight at age 16/17 years, translating to healthcare cost-savings of AUD $4.29 million. Although most cases (68%) would come from low socio-economic backgrounds this would make only a minor difference in reducing inequalities.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Efforts to support increased breastfeeding duration could result in reduced prevalence of overweight and obesity and save healthcare costs, however, additional action would be required to improve equity.</p>","PeriodicalId":217,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Obesity","volume":" ","pages":"e13167"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11710949/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142102716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pediatric ObesityPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-12-19DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.13196
Leah M Lessard, Rui Wu, Rebecca M Puhl, Gary D Foster, Michelle I Cardel
{"title":"Adolescent experiences of weight-related communication: Sociodemographic differences and the role of parents.","authors":"Leah M Lessard, Rui Wu, Rebecca M Puhl, Gary D Foster, Michelle I Cardel","doi":"10.1111/ijpo.13196","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ijpo.13196","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Weight-related conversations are common between adolescents and parents. However, there is limited understanding of how these conversations vary across sociodemographic groups, such as sex, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, or parents' level of education. This study assessed the prevalence of weight-related communication among adolescents and parents across sociodemographic characteristics, and identified adolescents' preferred sources for these discussions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Quantitative data were collected through online surveys from two independent U.S.</p><p><strong>Samples: </strong>adolescents aged 10-17 years of age (N = 2032), and parents of children aged 10-17 years of age (N = 1936). Frequency and sources of weight-related communication were assessed. Sociodemographic factors were analysed for their associations with these communication patterns.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>While few differences emerged based on race/ethnicity or grade level, significant variation was observed for sex, sexual orientation, and parental education. Girls, sexual minority youth, high school students, and those with college-educated parents were more likely to communicate about their own weight, whereas boys were more likely to comment on others' weight. Most adolescents preferred healthcare professionals (71%) and parents (69%) for these conversations, although sexual minority youth preferred mental health professionals considerably more than parents. Among parents, 77% discussed their child's weight, with fathers and Latinx parents engaging more frequently in these conversations, and Black parents engaging least frequently.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Weight-related communication is prevalent among adolescents and parents, with variation across sociodemographic characteristics. As healthcare professionals and parents were identified as the preferred sources for weight-related communication by adolescents across sociodemographic groups, it is important that paediatricians and parents are equipped to engage in these conversations without imparting stigma.</p>","PeriodicalId":217,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Obesity","volume":" ","pages":"e13196"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142862712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pediatric ObesityPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-11-25DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.13188
Sam J Neally, Elizabeth M Widen, Cathrine Hoyo, Chantel L Martin
{"title":"Associations between gestational exposure to neighbourhood socioeconomic deprivation and early childhood weight status.","authors":"Sam J Neally, Elizabeth M Widen, Cathrine Hoyo, Chantel L Martin","doi":"10.1111/ijpo.13188","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ijpo.13188","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to examine associations between prenatal neighbourhood socioeconomic deprivation (NSD) with early offspring weight status and to assess potential modification by race and ethnicity.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used data from the Newborn Epigenetics STudy (NEST) cohort. Gestational NSD was assessed as neighbourhood deprivation index (NDI) tertiles. Offspring height and weight were assessed at 6 months (N = 1023), 1 year (N = 1268), 2 years (N = 1033) and 3 years (N = 1038). Multilevel logistic regression models estimated odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the relationship of NDI with overweight or obesity and rapid infant weight gain, adjusting for gestational parent age, race/ethnicity, marital status and educational attainment. Models were estimated in the total sample and also stratified by race and ethnicity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Children exposed to NDI in the highest (compared to the lowest) tertile had increased odds of having overweight/obesity at 1 year (OR = 1.53, 95%CI = 1.09-2.15). In stratified models, children of NH Black gestational parents residing in the highest tertile of NDI (compared to the lowest) had increased odds of having overweight/obesity at 1 year (OR = 1.67, 95%CI = 1.00-2.77).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This findings suggest that higher gestational exposure to NSD may play a role in early childhood weight status, which has important implications for later development and health.</p>","PeriodicalId":217,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Obesity","volume":" ","pages":"e13188"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11710976/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142714821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pediatric ObesityPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-12-16DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.13194
Alyssa M Bartlett, Ali M Boone, Jordan A Bays, Youngsil Kim, Sirish K Palle, Kevin R Short
{"title":"Oxidized high-density lipoprotein and low-density lipoprotein in adolescents with obesity and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.","authors":"Alyssa M Bartlett, Ali M Boone, Jordan A Bays, Youngsil Kim, Sirish K Palle, Kevin R Short","doi":"10.1111/ijpo.13194","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ijpo.13194","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is increasingly common in the pediatric population and may increase risk for developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) in people with MASLD. Oxidized high-density lipoprotein (oxHDL) and oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL) are modified, pro-atherosclerotic lipoproteins that are increased in adults with MASLD and CVD but have not been reported in adolescents with MASLD.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To determine if oxLDL and oxHDL are increased in adolescents with MASLD.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Fasting oxHDL and oxLDL were measured in adolescents (11-20 years) with obesity and biopsy-confirmed MASLD (n = 47), and peers without MASLD but with obesity (Ob; n = 28), or normal weight (NW; n = 29).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>oxHDL was 27% higher (p < 0.05) in the MASLD group (mean ± SD: 11.9 ± 4.7 ng/mL) compared to the Ob group (9.3 ± 3.7 ng/mL, p < 0.05) but only 7% higher than the NW group (11.1 ± 3.8 ng/mL, p > 0.05). However, HDL-C was 19% and 32% lower in the MASLD group than in the Ob and NW groups, respectively. Thus, oxHDL/HDL-C ratio was 55% and 66% higher in MASLD compared to the Ob group (p < 0.004) and the NW group (p < 0.001), respectively. oxLDL (52.4 ± 16.0, 46.7 ± 10.1 and 47.1 ± 15.2 U/L for MASLD, Ob and NW, respectively), LDL-C and the oxLDL/LDL-C ratio did not differ among groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The elevated oxHDL and oxHDL/HDL-C in adolescents with MASLD compared to peers with Ob or NW suggests that there is some oxidative stress in MASLD independent of obesity and potential for increased CVD risk in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":217,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Obesity","volume":" ","pages":"e13194"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142826851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pediatric ObesityPub Date : 2025-02-01Epub Date: 2024-12-18DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.13195
Claudia Strugnell, Cadeyrn J Gaskin, Denise Becker, Liliana Orellana, Michelle Jackson, Monique Hillenaar, Jillian Whelan, Andrew D Brown, Vicki Brown, Colin Bell, Josh Hayward, Lena D Stephens, Hayley Jensen, Izzy Gribben, Lee Coller, Diana Tatlock, Elizabeth Lehman, Steven Allender
{"title":"COVID-19-related lockdowns and changes in overweight and obesity, movement behaviours, diet quality, and health-related quality of life among regional Australian primary school children: A repeat cross-sectional study.","authors":"Claudia Strugnell, Cadeyrn J Gaskin, Denise Becker, Liliana Orellana, Michelle Jackson, Monique Hillenaar, Jillian Whelan, Andrew D Brown, Vicki Brown, Colin Bell, Josh Hayward, Lena D Stephens, Hayley Jensen, Izzy Gribben, Lee Coller, Diana Tatlock, Elizabeth Lehman, Steven Allender","doi":"10.1111/ijpo.13195","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ijpo.13195","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the Australian state of Victoria (in particular, its capital, Melbourne) experienced some of the longest lockdowns in the world.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This repeated cross-sectional study examined changes between March to June 2019 (pre-pandemic) and April to August 2022 (6 to 11 months following pandemic-related lockdowns) in overweight and obesity prevalence, physical activity, sedentary behaviour, sleep, diet quality, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among primary school children in north-east Victoria, Australia.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Height and weight were measured for Grade 2, 4, and 6 students in 2019 (3889 children) and 2022 (1816 children). Grade 4 and 6 students self-reported on their movement behaviours, diet quality, and HRQoL.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participation declined among schools (2019:56%, 2022:34%) and students (2019:87%, 2022:75%). Compared to children in 2019, children in 2022 had a higher prevalence of overweight and obesity; were less likely to have met guidelines for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, recreational screen time, and vegetable consumption; had higher intakes of takeaway food, energy-dense nutrient-poor snacks, and sugar-sweetened beverages; and had lower HRQoL.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Children's health-related behaviours and outcomes seemed not to have returned to pre-pandemic levels 6 to 11 months after the final lockdowns lifted for their communities. Continued monitoring and interventions targeting the drivers of childhood obesity are urgently needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":217,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Obesity","volume":" ","pages":"e13195"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11710946/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142851606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lucia V Torres-Lopez, Abel Plaza-Florido, Jose J Gil-Cosano, Jairo H Migueles, Francisco B Ortega, Cristina Cadenas-Sanchez
{"title":"Sleep-disordered breathing and cardiometabolic and inflammatory markers in children with overweight/obesity: The role of cardiorespiratory fitness.","authors":"Lucia V Torres-Lopez, Abel Plaza-Florido, Jose J Gil-Cosano, Jairo H Migueles, Francisco B Ortega, Cristina Cadenas-Sanchez","doi":"10.1111/ijpo.13207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.13207","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To investigate the association of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) severity with cardiometabolic and inflammatory markers independently of the adiposity levels; and to explore the role of cardiorespiratory fitness in these associations in children with overweight/obesity.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 109 children aged 8-11 years with overweight/obesity were included in this cross-sectional study. SDB was assessed using a scale of the reduce version of the Paediatric Sleep Questionnaire. Cardiometabolic markers included fasting blood lipids biomarkers (i.e., low- and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglycerides), blood pressure, insulin, glucose, and the homeostatic model assessment index. Inflammatory markers (i.e., interleukin-6, interleukin-1β, C-reactive protein [CRP], and tumour necrosis factor alpha) were analysed. Cardiorespiratory fitness was assessed by the 20 m shuttle-run test.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>No significant associations were found between SDB severity and most of the cardiometabolic markers after correcting for adiposity and multiple comparisons (all p's >0.05). SDB severity was positively related to CRP (β = 0.352, p = 0.002), yet not with the remaining inflammatory markers analysed. The interaction effect of cardiorespiratory fitness presented a positive trend in the association of SDB with CRP (p = 0.1). When stratified analyses by cardiorespiratory fitness levels were conducted, a positive relation was found between SDB and CRP in the low cardiorespiratory fitness group (β = 0.465, p = 0.014), but not in the high cardiorespiratory fitness group (β = 0.236, p = 0.108).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>SDB severity was positively associated with CRP independently of the adiposity levels, but not with other inflammatory or cardiometabolic risk factors in children with overweight/obesity. Moreover, our results suggest that higher levels of cardiorespiratory fitness may attenuate the adverse effect of SDB severity on systematic inflammation in children with overweight/obesity.</p>","PeriodicalId":217,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Obesity","volume":" ","pages":"e13207"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142997132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Georgios K Baxevanis, Iris Iglesia, Miguel Seral-Cortes, Sergio Sabroso-Lasa, Paloma Flores-Barrantes, Frédéric Gottrand, Aline Meirhaeghe, Anthony Kafatos, Kurt Widhalm, Nele Hockamp, Dénes Molnár, Ascensión Marcos, Esther Nova, Marcela González-Gross, Eva Gesteiro, Ángel Gutiérrez, Yannis Manios, Costas A Anastasiou, Gerardo Rodríguez, Luis A Moreno
{"title":"Interaction between breastfeeding duration and an obesity genetic risk score to predict body fat composition in European adolescents: The HELENA study.","authors":"Georgios K Baxevanis, Iris Iglesia, Miguel Seral-Cortes, Sergio Sabroso-Lasa, Paloma Flores-Barrantes, Frédéric Gottrand, Aline Meirhaeghe, Anthony Kafatos, Kurt Widhalm, Nele Hockamp, Dénes Molnár, Ascensión Marcos, Esther Nova, Marcela González-Gross, Eva Gesteiro, Ángel Gutiérrez, Yannis Manios, Costas A Anastasiou, Gerardo Rodríguez, Luis A Moreno","doi":"10.1111/ijpo.13205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.13205","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Although the genetic interplay with the environment has a major impact on obesity development, little is known on whether breastfeeding could modulate the genetic predisposition to obesity.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To investigate whether breastfeeding attenuates the effect of an obesity genetic risk score (GRS) on adiposity in European adolescents.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Totally 751 adolescents from the Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence (HELENA) cross-sectional study were included, divided according to breastfeeding status into never breastfed, 1-3 months and ≥4 months. Adjusting by socioeconomic status and lifestyle factors multiple linear regression models were used to assess (1) the main effect of breastfeeding duration and (2) its interaction effect with an obesity GRS, to predict different adiposity measures.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A significant negative association between ≥4 months of breastfeeding and waist circumference (WC) z-score was observed [β (95% confidence interval), p-value] = [β = -0.189 (-0.37, -0.00), p = 0.044]. Also, significant interaction effects were observed for 1-3 and ≥4 months of breastfeeding and obesity GRS regarding body mass index (BMI) z-score [β = 0.155 (0.06, 0.24), p = 0.001] and [β = 0.108 (0.01, 0.18), p = 0.020, respectively] and fat mass index (FMI) z-score [β = 0.134 (0.04, 0.22), p = 0.003] and [β = 0.100 (0.01, 0.18), p = 0.026, respectively].</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Breastfeeding modulates the association between the obesity GRS and body composition in adolescents.</p>","PeriodicalId":217,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Obesity","volume":" ","pages":"e13205"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142997128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anna M Dieberger, Mireille N M van Poppel, Gernot Desoye, David Simmons, Jürgen Harreiter, Roland Devlieger, Carmen Medina, Deborah A Lawlor, Ahmed Elhakeem
{"title":"Effect of a physical activity and healthy eating lifestyle intervention in pregnancy on fetal growth trajectories: The DALI randomised controlled trial.","authors":"Anna M Dieberger, Mireille N M van Poppel, Gernot Desoye, David Simmons, Jürgen Harreiter, Roland Devlieger, Carmen Medina, Deborah A Lawlor, Ahmed Elhakeem","doi":"10.1111/ijpo.13199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.13199","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Obesity during pregnancy is related to fetal overgrowth. Effective interventions that can mitigate this risk are needed.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aimed to investigate the effect of a lifestyle intervention for pregnant women with obesity on fetal growth trajectories.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In the DALI trial, pregnant women with a body mass index ≥29.0 kg/m<sup>2</sup> and without gestational diabetes at baseline were randomized to counselling on physical activity (PA), healthy eating (HE) or a combination (PA + HE), or to usual care (UC). Fetal growth trajectories were modelled based on a combination of estimated fetal weight (EFW) from repeated ultrasound scans and weight measured at birth. Differences in fetal growth trajectories between groups were assessed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three hundred eighty-four women were included. Those in the PA + HE intervention had slower EFW gain from 32 weeks onwards, with differences (PA + HE vs. UC) at 32, 36 and 40 weeks of -54.1 g (-146.7 to 38.9 g), -84.9 g (-194.0 to 24.7 g), and -99.8 g (-227.1 to 28.1 g), respectively. Effects appeared stronger in males, with a difference at 40 weeks of -185.8 g (-362.5 g to -9.2 g) versus -23.4 g (-190.4 g to 143.5 g) in females.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>A lifestyle intervention for pregnant women with obesity resulted in attenuated fetal growth, which only reached significance in male offspring. Future larger trials are needed to confirm these findings and elucidate underlying pathways.</p>","PeriodicalId":217,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Obesity","volume":" ","pages":"e13199"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142997124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rachael W Taylor, Barbara C Galland, Anne-Louise M Heath, Andrew R Gray, Kim A Meredith-Jones, Sarah A Fortune, Trudy A Sullivan, Taiwo Adebowale, Deborah McIntosh, Rosie F Jackson, Barry J Taylor
{"title":"Long-term follow-up of the impact of brief sleep and lifestyle interventions in infancy on BMI z-score at 11 years of age: The POI randomized controlled trial.","authors":"Rachael W Taylor, Barbara C Galland, Anne-Louise M Heath, Andrew R Gray, Kim A Meredith-Jones, Sarah A Fortune, Trudy A Sullivan, Taiwo Adebowale, Deborah McIntosh, Rosie F Jackson, Barry J Taylor","doi":"10.1111/ijpo.13204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.13204","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine whether BMI differences observed at 5 years of age, from early intervention in infancy, remained apparent at 11 years.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants (n = 734) from the original randomized controlled trial (n = 802) underwent measures of body mass index (BMI), body composition (DXA), sleep and physical activity (24-h accelerometry, questionnaire), diet (repeated 24-h recalls), screen time (daily diaries), wellbeing (CHU-9D, WHO-5), and family functioning (McMaster FAD) around their 11th birthday. Following multiple imputation, regression models explored the effects of two interventions ('Sleep' vs. 'Food, Activity and Breastfeeding' [FAB]) using a 2 × 2 factorial design.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Five hundred twelve children (48% female, mean [SD] age 11.1 [0.1] years) returned for the 11-year assessment (63% of original sample). Significant differences in BMI z-score (mean difference; 95% CI: -0.16; -0.41, 0.08) or the risk of overweight (including obesity) (odds ratio; 95% CI: 0.85; 0.56, 1.29) were no longer observed between children who had received the sleep intervention compared with those who had not. By contrast, children who had received the FAB intervention had greater BMI z-scores (0.24; 0.01, 0.47) and a higher risk of obesity (1.56; 1.03, 2.36) than children not enrolled in FAB. No significant differences were observed in any lifestyle variables nor wellbeing measures across all groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Sustained reductions in BMI and obesity risk from an early sleep intervention were not apparent 9 years later, whereas a more traditional lifestyle intervention resulted in increased rates of obesity, not explained by any differences in lifestyle behaviours measured.</p><p><strong>Clinical trial registry: </strong>ClinicalTrials.gov number NCT00892983, https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00892983.</p>","PeriodicalId":217,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Obesity","volume":" ","pages":"e13204"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142997131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}