Longitudinal Associations of away-from-Home Eating, Snacking, Screen Time, and Physical Activity Behaviors with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors among Chinese Children and Their Parents

Citation

Dong, Fei; Howard, Annie Green; Herring, Amy H.; Thompson, Amanda L.; Adair, Linda S.; Popkin, Barry M.; Aiello, Allison E.; Zhang, Bing; & Gordon-Larsen, Penny (2017). Longitudinal Associations of away-from-Home Eating, Snacking, Screen Time, and Physical Activity Behaviors with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors among Chinese Children and Their Parents. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 106(1), 168-178. PMCID: PMC5486196

Abstract

Background: Little is known about intergenerational differences in associations of urbanization-related lifestyle behaviors with cardiometabolic risk factors in children and their parents in rapidly urbanizing China.
Objective: We tested the intergenerational differences in longitudinal associations of away-from-home eating, snacking, screen time, and leisure-time sports with high waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), elevated blood pressure (BP), elevated glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), and elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) among Chinese children and their parents.
Design: We studied children enrolled in the longitudinal China Health and Nutrition Survey (1991-2009, 7 surveys) aged 7-17 y in

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.116.146217

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2017

Journal Title

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Author(s)

Dong, Fei
Howard, Annie Green
Herring, Amy H.
Thompson, Amanda L.
Adair, Linda S.
Popkin, Barry M.
Aiello, Allison E.
Zhang, Bing
Gordon-Larsen, Penny

PMCID

PMC5486196

ORCiD

Gordon-Larsen - 0000-0001-5322-4188