Impact of carers’ smoking status on childhood obesity in the Growing up in Ireland cohort study
| dc.contributor.author | Sunday, Salome | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kabir, Zubair | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-14T22:15:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-10-14T22:15:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-08-02 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Childhood obesity is a growing concern worldwide. The association between childhood obesity and maternal smoking and/or paternal smoking has been reported. However, few studies have explored the association between childhood obesity and exposure to carers’ smoking status. This study aimed to assess the impact of carers’ smoking status on childhood obesity in a cohort of children enrolled in the Growing up in Ireland (GUI) study. Participants from the GUI infant cohort were categorized into four groups based on their exposure status: Neither caregiver smoked (60.4%), only primary caregiver smoked (13.4%), both caregivers smoked (10.9%). Exposure to primary carers’ smoking (98% are biological mothers) was found to be significantly associated with childhood overweight/obesity at age three (Odds Ratio: 1.30, 95% CI: 1.17–1.46) and at age five (OR: 1.31, 95% CI: 1.16–1.49). Exposure to both carers’ smoking status was significantly associated with increased odds of childhood overweight/obesity across both waves. These findings emphasize the health burden of childhood obesity that may be attributable to maternal smoking postnatally and through early childhood in Ireland. | en |
| dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
| dc.description.version | Published Version | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.articleid | 2759 | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Sunday, S. and Kabir, Z. (2019) 'Impact of Carers’ Smoking Status on Childhood Obesity in the Growing up in Ireland Cohort Study', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(15), 2759 (12pp.). DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16152759 | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/ijerph16152759 | en |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 1660-4601 | |
| dc.identifier.endpage | 12 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1661-7827 | |
| dc.identifier.issued | 15 | en |
| dc.identifier.journaltitle | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | en |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 1 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10468/8763 | |
| dc.identifier.volume | 16 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | MDPI AG | en |
| dc.relation.uri | https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/15/2759/htm | |
| dc.rights | ©2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en |
| dc.subject | Growing up in Ireland | en |
| dc.subject | Childhood obesity | en |
| dc.subject | Primary carer | en |
| dc.subject | Secondary carer | en |
| dc.title | Impact of carers’ smoking status on childhood obesity in the Growing up in Ireland cohort study | en |
| dc.type | Article (peer-reviewed) | en |
