Childhood social circumstances and body mass index in adult life: the Metropolit 1953 Danish male birth cohort

Anne-Mette Larsen; Rikke Lund; Margit Kriegbaum; Kirsten Avlund; Merete Osler

doi:10.1177/1403494811399654

Childhood social circumstances and body mass index in adult life: the Metropolit 1953 Danish male birth cohort

Anne-Mette Larsen, Rikke Lund, Margit Kriegbaum, Kirsten Avlund, Merete Osler

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Abstract

To examine whether father's social class was associated with body mass index (BMI) at age 20 and 50 years in a cohort of men born in 1953 and to explore the role of birth weight, cognitive function (IQ), and educational status in these relationships.

Original language	English
Journal	Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Volume	39
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	296-302
Number of pages	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494811399654
Publication status	Published - 2011

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Body Mass Index
Child
Cognition
Cohort Studies
Denmark
Educational Status
Fathers
Follow-Up Studies
Health Behavior
Humans
Male
Obesity
Overweight
Prevalence
Questionnaires
Social Class
Socioeconomic Factors
Young Adult

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Childhood social circumstances and body mass index in adult life: the Metropolit 1953 Danish male birth cohort

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