Key result
Parental obesity is linked to greater offspring obesity, especially in males and rural areas.
Why the study?
To analyze whether intergenerational transmission of obesity exists in Chinese families, assess differences by urban/rural areas and gender, and evaluate the role of parental education and income.
Does parental obesity, education, and income affect the degree of offspring obesity in Chinese families?
Cross-Sectional
Does parental obesity, education, and income affect the degree of offspring obesity in Chinese families?
Obesity exhibits significant intergenerational transmission in Chinese families, which is more pronounced in rural areas and among males.
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Supports family obesity screening in rural China; leaves open causality and targeted prevention trials.
Based on the sixth round of the 2018 Chinese Household Income Project family income survey (CHIP) data, this study made use of the OLS estimation and transfer matrix method to measure and test the problem of obesity intergenerational transmission, analyze whether there is obesity intergenerational transmission as well as between urban and rural areas, gender, and the parental education level and income level on the suppression of the obesity intergenerational transmission effect. The empirical results draw the following main conclusions: obesity intergenerational transmission in Chinese families, the degree of parental obesity has a significant positive impact on the degree of offspring obesity; the higher the degree of parental obesity, the more it can promote the degree of obesity in the offspring. Moreover, the degree of obesity intergenerational transmission is heterogeneous in urban and rural areas and gender. At the same time, the degree of rural obesity intergenerational transmission is higher than that of urban areas, and the degree of male obesity intergenerational transmission is higher than that of women.
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Dong et al. (2022) conducted a cross-sectional in Obesity. Parental obesity was evaluated on Degree of offspring obesity. Parental obesity has a significant positive impact on the degree of offspring obesity in Chinese families, with higher transmission rates in rural areas and among males.
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