Health Promotion, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 Jul;19(7):1445-50. doi: 10.1038/oby.2011.20. Epub 2011 Feb 17.
The purpose of the study was to examine if parental antipathy and neglect during childhood were associated with obesity in adulthood. From the Danish Twin Registry (DTR) 146 adult same-sexed twin pairs discordant for BMI were identified. Criteria for being discordant were that one of the twins should have a BMI between 20 and 25 kg/m(2) (normal weight) and the co-twin a BMI ≥30 kg/m² (obesity). In total 236 out of 289 (81.7%) eligible twin individuals participated in an interview and a physical examination. A part of the Childhood Experience of Care and Abuse, the parental care and neglect questionnaire, by Bifulco et al., was used to assess perceived parental antipathy and neglect. Data were analyzed by means of intrapair comparisons. Our results showed that recalled maternal antipathy (P = 0.04) and maternal neglect (P = 0.01) were both associated with adult obesity. Paternal neglect and antipathy were not related with adult obesity. The study demonstrates that experience in childhood maternal antipathy and neglect may contribute to the development of obesity at age 20 and later in adulthood.
本研究旨在探讨儿童期父母的敌意和忽视是否与成年后的肥胖有关。从丹麦双胞胎登记处（DTR）中确定了 146 对成年同性别、BMI 不一致的双胞胎。BMI 不一致的标准是，其中一个双胞胎的 BMI 应在 20 至 25kg/m²（正常体重）之间，而同胞的 BMI≥30kg/m²（肥胖）。共有 289 名符合条件的双胞胎中有 236 名（81.7%）参加了访谈和体检。使用比富尔科等人的《儿童期照顾和虐待经历》中的父母照顾和忽视问卷的一部分来评估感知到的父母敌意和忽视。通过同胞间比较进行数据分析。我们的结果表明，回忆起的母爱敌意（P=0.04）和母爱忽视（P=0.01）均与成人肥胖有关。父爱忽视和敌意与成人肥胖无关。该研究表明，儿童期的母爱敌意和忽视经历可能导致 20 岁以后成年期肥胖的发展。
