Carrière Gisèle
Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada, Western Region and Northern Territories Office, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 6C7.
Health Rep. 2003;14 Suppl:29-39.
This article examines relationships between parent and adolescent weight, as well as other selected characteristics and health behaviours of both, and then explores which factors are associated with youth obesity.
The analysis is based on cross-sectional household data from cycle 1.1 of the 2000/01 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), conducted by Statistics Canada. The sample comprises 4,803 girls and 4,982 boys who were aged 12 to 19 in 2000/01.
Estimates of body mass index (BMI) were calculated and selected health behaviours were evaluated for adolescents and a parent who lived in the same household. Multiple logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with youth obesity while controlling for age of the youth and the sex of the reporting parent.
For both sexes, having an obese parent greatly increased the odds for youth obesity. Among girls, former smokers had higher odds for obesity, but smoking behaviour was not associated with obesity for boys. For boys, being physically inactive or even moderately active increased the odds of obesity. And if the responding parent smoked daily, this increased the odds of obesity for boys.
本文研究父母与青少年体重之间的关系，以及双方的其他选定特征和健康行为，进而探究哪些因素与青少年肥胖相关。
该分析基于加拿大统计局开展的2000/01年加拿大社区健康调查（CCHS）第1.1轮的横断面家庭数据。样本包括2000/01年年龄在12至19岁之间的4803名女孩和4982名男孩。
计算了体重指数（BMI）估计值，并对居住在同一家庭中的青少年及其一位家长的选定健康行为进行了评估。在控制青少年年龄和报告家长性别的同时，使用多元逻辑回归来确定与青少年肥胖相关的因素。
对于男女两性而言，有肥胖的父母会大大增加青少年肥胖的几率。在女孩中，曾经吸烟的人肥胖几率更高，但吸烟行为与男孩的肥胖无关。对于男孩来说，身体不活动甚至适度活动都会增加肥胖几率。而且，如果回应调查的家长每天吸烟，这会增加男孩肥胖的几率。
