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dc.contributor.authorBjelland, Mona
dc.contributor.authorLien, Nanna
dc.contributor.authorBergh, Ingunn Holden
dc.contributor.authorGrydeland, May
dc.contributor.authorAnderssen, Sigmund A.
dc.contributor.authorKlepp, Knut-Inge
dc.contributor.authorOmmundsen, Yngvar
dc.contributor.authorAndersen, Lene F.
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-02T09:27:49Z
dc.date.available2011-11-02T09:27:49Z
dc.date.issued2010-11
dc.identifierSeksjon for coaching og psykologi / Department of Coaching and Psychology
dc.identifier.citationScandinavian Journal of Public Health. 2010, 38(Suppl. 5), 19-27no_NO
dc.identifier.issn1651-1905
dc.identifier.issn1403-4948
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/170699
dc.descriptionI Brage finner du siste tekst-versjon av artikkelen, og den kan inneholde ubetydelige forskjeller fra forlagets pdf-versjon. Forlagets pdf-versjon finner du på www.sage.com: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1403494810385036 / In Brage you'll find the final text version of the article, and it may contain insignificant differences from the journal's pdf version. The original publication is available at www.sage.com: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1403494810385036no_NO
dc.description.abstractAims: The aim of this paper is to investigate anthropometric characteristics in 11-year-old Norwegian by gender and parental education, and to study associations between adolescents’ overweight and waist circumference (WC) and maternal and paternal overweight and WC. Methods: A total of 1483 adolescents, 1156 mothers, and 1016 fathers participated in the baseline survey of the HEalth In Adolescents (HEIA) study (September 2007). Anthropometric measures of the adolescents were assessed by project staff according to standard procedures. Self-reported data about pubertal status were collected through questionnaires. Parental education and anthropometric measures of parents were collected by self-report. Results: The prevalence of overweight (including obesity) determined by the cut-offs for body mass index (BMI) suggested by the International Obesity Task Force was 14.6% among girls and 13.6% among boys. The highest prevalence of overweight was observed among adolescents with parents who had less than 12 years of education (18.8%). Overweight and WC in girls was strongly associated with maternal overweight and WC. For boys, overweight and WC was strongly associated with both maternal and paternal overweight and WC. Conclusions: There was a social gradient in anthropometric characteristics and overweight rates among Norwegian 11-year-old adolescents. Maternal overweight and WC was associated with overweight and WC in girls and boys, while paternal overweight and WC were associated with overweight andWCin boys. The results indicate that mothers are key persons in prevention of overweight among adolescents, despite gender. Fathers are important as role models for their sons. Targeting parental overweight/ obesity could be a strategy in future interventions.no_NO
dc.language.isoengno_NO
dc.publisherSAGEno_NO
dc.subjectadolescentno_NO
dc.subjectanthropometric measuresno_NO
dc.subjectbody mass indexno_NO
dc.subjectcross-sectionalno_NO
dc.subjectobesityno_NO
dc.subjectoverweightno_NO
dc.subjectparentsno_NO
dc.subjectprevalenceno_NO
dc.subjectsocioeconomic statusno_NO
dc.subjectwaist circumferenceno_NO
dc.titleOverweight and waist circumference among Norwegian 11-year-olds and associations with reported parental overweight and waist circumference : the HEIA studyno_NO
dc.typeJournal articleno_NO
dc.typePeer reviewedno_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Medical disciplines: 700no_NO
dc.source.pagenumber19-27no_NO
dc.source.volume38no_NO
dc.source.journalScandinavian Journal of Public Healthno_NO
dc.source.issueSuppl. 5no_NO


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