Long work hours of mothers and fathers are linked to increased risk for overweight and obesity among preschool children: longitudinal evidence from Germany.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Most existing studies on maternal employment and childhood overweight/obesity are from the USA. They are predominantly cross-sectional and show a consistent linear association between the two. Less is known about the joint impact of fathers' and mothers' work hours on childhood overweight and obesity. OBJECTIVES:To examine the impact of maternal and paternal work hours on overweight/obesity among children aged 1-6 years in Germany using longitudinal data. METHODS:Child body weight and height and their parents' work hours were collected for 2413 children at ages 0-1, ages 2-3 and ages 5-6. Overweight and obesity was defined using the body mass index percentiles based on the Cole LMS-Method. Random effects model was conducted, adjusting for demographic, socioeconomic and health characteristics of parents and children. RESULTS:Compared with non-employment, when mothers worked 35 or more hours per week, the risk for child overweight and obesity increased among preschool children. When fathers worked 55 or more hours per week, this effect was strengthened and maternal part-time hours (24-34 per week) also became a risk for child overweight and obesity. The effect was mainly found in high-income families. CONCLUSIONS:Both mothers' and fathers' long work hours matter to young children's overweight status. Employment protection and work time regulation for both working parents during the first 6 years of the child's life should be considered in future policy.

authors

Li J,Kaiser T,Pollmann-Schult M,Strazdins L

doi

10.1136/jech-2018-211132

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-08-01 00:00:00

pages

723-729

issue

8

eissn

0143-005X

issn

1470-2738

pii

jech-2018-211132

journal_volume

73

pub_type

杂志文章
  • Free bus passes, use of public transport and obesity among older people in England.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:All residents of England aged 60 years and older became entitled to free travel on local buses on 1 April 2006. This study examines the impact of this policy on public transport use, a mode of active transport and levels of obesity. METHODS:Logistic regression analyses using three waves of data (2004, 2006 ...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.2011.133165

    authors: Webb E,Netuveli G,Millett C

    更新日期:2012-02-01 00:00:00

  • Global health governance as shared health governance.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:With the exception of key 'proven successes' in global health, the current regime of global health governance can be understood as transnational and national actors pursuing their own interests under a rational actor model of international cooperation, which fails to provide sufficient justification for an o...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.2009.101097

    authors: Ruger JP

    更新日期:2012-07-01 00:00:00

  • Dietary patterns related to attainment in school: the importance of early eating patterns.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:To empirically test the impact of dietary intake at several time points in childhood on children's school attainment and to investigate whether any differences in school attainment between children who ate packed lunches or school meals was due to who these children were, their pre-school dietary patterns, o...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.2007.068213

    authors: Feinstein L,Sabates R,Sorhaindo A,Rogers I,Herrick D,Northstone K,Emmett P

    更新日期:2008-08-01 00:00:00

  • Increasing ethnic differences in mortality in Estonia after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

    abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:This study examined the change in ethnic differences in mortality in Estonia 1989-2000. DESIGN:Two unlinked cross sectional census based analyses were compared. Total and cause specific mortality was analysed for ethnic Estonians and Russians. The absolute differences in mortality were evaluated throug...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.2003.013755

    authors: Leinsalu M,Vågerö D,Kunst AE

    更新日期:2004-07-01 00:00:00

  • Translating research for evidence-based public health: key concepts and future directions.

    abstract::Applying research to guide evidence-based practice is an ongoing and significant challenge for public health. Developments in the emerging field of 'translation' have focused on different aspects of the problem, resulting in competing frameworks and terminology. In this paper the scope of 'translation' in public healt...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech-2011-200038

    authors: Rychetnik L,Bauman A,Laws R,King L,Rissel C,Nutbeam D,Colagiuri S,Caterson I

    更新日期:2012-12-01 00:00:00

  • Induced abortions and teenage births among asylum seekers in The Netherlands: analysis of national surveillance data.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Asylum seekers are assumed to be a vulnerable group with respect to sexual and reproductive health. The objective of this study was to quantify induced abortion and teenage birth indicators for this group. METHODS:The population comprised all female asylum seekers aged 15-49 in The Netherlands between Septe...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.2008.079368

    authors: Goosen S,Uitenbroek D,Wijsen C,Stronks K

    更新日期:2009-07-01 00:00:00

  • The polypill: at what price would it become cost effective?

    abstract:INTRODUCTION:A promising concept in cardiovascular disease prevention (the polypill) was introduced in 2003. Although the polypill may seem as an effective intervention, data on its costs and cost effectiveness remain unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the maximum price of the polypill for it to be a cost ...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.2005.040253

    authors: Franco OH,Steyerberg EW,de Laet C

    更新日期:2006-03-01 00:00:00

  • Sexual and reproductive health activities in HIV programmes: can we monitor progress?

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Resource allocation and integration of services have been of interest recently to achieve health-related Millennium Development Goals. This paper analyses the extent to which countries receiving funding in HIV were able to invest in activities in the area of sexual and reproductive health (SRH). METHODS:The...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.2009.092940

    authors: Komatsu R,Lee D,Lusti-Narasimhan M,Martineau T,Vinh-Thomas E,Beer DL,Atun R

    更新日期:2011-03-01 00:00:00

  • Mortality in parents following the death of a child: a nationwide follow-up study from Sweden.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:The death of a young child is so devastating that it can increase the risk of mortality in the grieving parent. Little is known about the impact of an adult child's death on the health of parents. METHODS:The authors conducted a follow-up study between 1980 and 2002 based on a linked-registers database that...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech-2011-200339

    authors: Rostila M,Saarela J,Kawachi I

    更新日期:2012-10-01 00:00:00

  • Deprivation, ethnicity and the prevalence of intellectual and developmental disabilities.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Social gradients and ethnic disparities have been reported in some forms of intellectual and developmental disabilities. However, information on the association between area deprivation, ethnicity and other forms of intellectual and developmental disabilities are inconclusive. AIM:To estimate the independen...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.2010.111773

    authors: Emerson E

    更新日期:2012-03-01 00:00:00

  • Influenza surveillance: experiences from establishing a sentinel surveillance system in Germany.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:Before and during peak influenza periods there is increased morbidity from other respiratory tract disorders. Sentinel networks of primary care physicians can be very effective in the early detection of influenza epidemics and the German network, the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Influenza (AGI), began its work in thi...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.49.suppl_1.9

    authors: Szecsenyi J,Uphoff H,Ley S,Brede HD

    更新日期:1995-08-01 00:00:00

  • A glossary for big data in population and public health: discussion and commentary on terminology and research methods.

    abstract::The volume and velocity of data are growing rapidly and big data analytics are being applied to these data in many fields. Population and public health researchers may be unfamiliar with the terminology and statistical methods used in big data. This creates a barrier to the application of big data analytics. The purpo...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech-2017-209608

    authors: Fuller D,Buote R,Stanley K

    更新日期:2017-11-01 00:00:00

  • Social influences on trajectories of self-rated health: evidence from Britain, Germany, Denmark and the USA.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:This study investigates social inequalities in self-rated health dynamics for working-aged adults in four nations, representing distinct welfare regime types. The aims are to describe average national trajectories of self-rated health over a 7-year period, identify social determinants of cross-sectional and ...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.2009.091199

    authors: Sacker A,Worts D,McDonough P

    更新日期:2011-02-01 00:00:00

  • Interaction of alcohol and tobacco as risk factors in cancer of the laryngeal region.

    abstract::The aim of this study is to present risk assessments for the combined effect of alcohol and tobacco in cancer of the larynx. The case control study included all newly diagnosed laryngeal cancer patients under the age of 75 in Denmark during the years 1980-2. Four age and sex matched controls were selected using the mu...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.39.2.165

    authors: Olsen J,Sabreo S,Fasting U

    更新日期:1985-06-01 00:00:00

  • Public injecting among a cohort of injecting drug users in Vancouver, Canada.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Despite the implementation of policy interventions to address open drug consumption, public injecting continues to occur in many urban settings. This study sought to examine public injecting among a community-recruited cohort of injecting drug users (IDUs) in Vancouver. METHODS:The prevalence and correlates...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.2007.069013

    authors: DeBeck K,Small W,Wood E,Li K,Montaner J,Kerr T

    更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00

  • Learning lessons from past mistakes: how can Health in All Policies fulfil its promises?

    abstract::The Ottawa Charter has exerted a great deal of influence on the public health debate and on health promotion practices over the last 25 years. The Charter shifted the main focus from individual risk behaviours to social determinants of health, and introduced innovative strategies such as participatory processes and em...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.2010.110437

    authors: Bacigalupe A,Esnaola S,Martín U,Zuazagoitia J

    更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00

  • Recent changes in salt use and stroke mortality in England and Wales. Any help for the salt-hypertension debate?

    abstract::This analysis attempts to fill the gap in the epidemiological evidence about the relation between dietary salt and hypertension. Changes in the purchase of salt in England and Wales are compared with changes in mortality from cerebrovascular disease (1958-78). Stroke mortality, a major sequel of hypertension, has decl...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.37.1.25

    authors: Cummins RO

    更新日期:1983-03-01 00:00:00

  • Patterns of cannabis use during adolescence and their association with harmful substance use behaviour: findings from a UK birth cohort.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Evidence on the role of cannabis as a gateway drug is inconsistent. We characterise patterns of cannabis use among UK teenagers aged 13-18 years, and assess their influence on problematic substance use at age 21 years. METHODS:We used longitudinal latent class analysis to derive trajectories of cannabis use...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech-2016-208503

    authors: Taylor M,Collin SM,Munafò MR,MacLeod J,Hickman M,Heron J

    更新日期:2017-08-01 00:00:00

  • Effectiveness of a brief primary care intervention to reduce passive smoking in babies: a cluster randomised clinical trial.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Tobacco smoke pollution (TSP) has major negative effects on infant health. Our objectives were to determine the effectiveness of a brief primary care intervention directed at parents who smoke in reducing babies' TSP exposure, and to establish variables related to greater exposure. METHOD:A multicentre, ope...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验

    doi:10.1136/jech-2014-204708

    authors: Ortega Cuelva G,Cabezas Peña C,Almeda Ortega J,Saez Zafra M,Ballvé Moreno JL,Pascual Esteban JA,Castellà Cuesta C,Martín-Cantera C,Saltó Cerezuela E,Casademont Pou RM,Díaz Alvarez E,Lozano Fernandez J,Morera Jordán C,Valverde T

    更新日期:2015-03-01 00:00:00

  • Increase in avoidable hospital admissions after the Great East Japan Earthquake.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:The Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami and nuclear disaster on 11 March 2011 had a short-term influence on the increase in emergency department visits and hospital admissions due to various diseases. However, it remains unclear whether the earthquake and tsunami disaster affected the long-ter...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech-2016-207413

    authors: Sasabuchi Y,Matsui H,Yasunaga H,Fushimi K

    更新日期:2017-03-01 00:00:00

  • Analysis of completed reproductive histories: a cautionary tale.

    abstract::Recent authors have suggested that cross-sectional studies of adverse outcome of pregnancy are misleading, and that the only valid method of analysis controls for eventual number of pregnancies. The present study shows, by simple examples, that such a method produces results that cannot be interpreted in the way claim...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.37.1.78

    authors: Golding J,Butler NR,Newcombe RG

    更新日期:1983-03-01 00:00:00

  • Association between birth weight and educational attainment: an individual-based pooled analysis of nine twin cohorts.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:There is evidence that birth weight is positively associated with education, but it remains unclear whether this association is explained by familial environmental factors, genetic factors or the intrauterine environment. We analysed the association between birth weight and educational years within twin pair...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech-2017-210403

    authors: Jelenkovic A,Mikkonen J,Martikainen P,Latvala A,Yokoyama Y,Sund R,Vuoksimaa E,Rebato E,Sung J,Kim J,Lee J,Lee S,Stazi MA,Fagnani C,Brescianini S,Derom CA,Vlietinck RF,Loos RJF,Krueger RF,McGue M,Pahlen S,Nelson

    更新日期:2018-09-01 00:00:00

  • Attitudes to walking and cycling among children, young people and parents: a systematic review.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Promoting walking and cycling as a part of everyday activity is seen as a strategy for tackling obesity and chronic disease. Policy needs to be based on evidence about people's views of walking and cycling as well as effects of interventions. METHODS:Studies of the views of children, young people and parent...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1136/jech.2007.070250

    authors: Lorenc T,Brunton G,Oliver S,Oliver K,Oakley A

    更新日期:2008-10-01 00:00:00

  • Advanced paternal age: how old is too old?

    abstract::Average paternal age in the UK is increasing. The public health implications of this trend have not been widely anticipated or debated. This commentary aims to contribute to such a debate. Accumulated chromosomal aberrations and mutations occurring during the maturation of male germ cells are thought to be responsible...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.2005.045179

    authors: Bray I,Gunnell D,Davey Smith G

    更新日期:2006-10-01 00:00:00

  • The importance of the past in public health.

    abstract:STUDY OBJECTIVE:To explore the role of history in public health and its relevance to current practice and professional development. DESIGN:An analysis of the issues surrounding the poor attention paid to the history of public health by its current practitioners. SETTING:The paper is written from the perspective of pr...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.2003.014340

    authors: Scally G,Womack J

    更新日期:2004-09-01 00:00:00

  • The impact of 20 mph traffic speed zones on inequalities in road casualties in London.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Road traffic casualties show some of the widest socioeconomic differentials of any cause of morbidity or mortality, and as yet there is little evidence on what works to reduce them. This study quantified the current and potential future impact of the introduction of 20 mph zones on socioeconomic inequalities...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.2010.112193

    authors: Steinbach R,Grundy C,Edwards P,Wilkinson P,Green J

    更新日期:2011-10-01 00:00:00

  • Heart rate, employment status, and prevalent ischaemic heart disease confound relation between cereal fibre intake and blood pressure.

    abstract::Cross sectional data from a survey of 2512 men aged 45-49 years were used to examine the confounding effects of heart rate, employment, and ischaemic heart disease (IHD) on the relation between cereal fibre intake and blood pressure. Daily cereal fibre intake (g/day) was associated with systolic pressure (r = -0.053, ...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.40.4.330

    authors: Lichtenstein MJ,Burr ML,Fehily AM,Yarnell JW

    更新日期:1986-12-01 00:00:00

  • Birth weight is inversely associated with coronary heart disease in post-menopausal women: findings from the British women's heart and health study.

    abstract:OBJECTIVES:(1) To assess the association between birth weight and coronary heart disease (CHD) risk in a cohort of post-menopausal women, (2) to determine the combined effects of birth weight and adult body mass index on CHD, (3) to assess the role of insulin resistance as a mediating factor in the associations. DESIG...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech.58.2.120

    authors: Lawlor DA,Davey Smith G,Ebrahim S

    更新日期:2004-02-01 00:00:00

  • Association between obesity and the risk of uterine fibroids: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Uterine fibroids (UFs) are the most common form of sex steroid hormone-dependent benign tumours that grow in the walls of the uterus. Several observational studies have examined the association between obesity and the risk of UFs, but findings are inconsistent. The objective of this systematic review and met...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech-2019-213364

    authors: Qin H,Lin Z,Vásquez E,Luan X,Guo F,Xu L

    更新日期:2021-02-01 00:00:00

  • The COVID-19 pandemic and health inequalities.

    abstract::This essay examines the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for health inequalities. It outlines historical and contemporary evidence of inequalities in pandemics-drawing on international research into the Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918, the H1N1 outbreak of 2009 and the emerging international estimates of socio...

    journal_title:Journal of epidemiology and community health

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1136/jech-2020-214401

    authors: Bambra C,Riordan R,Ford J,Matthews F

    更新日期:2020-11-01 00:00:00