Are associations of adulthood overweight and obesity with all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, and obesity-related cancer modified by comparative body weight at age 10 years in the UK Biobank study?
Greater risks for all-cause mortality and incident CVD in adults with obesity who perceive themselves to have been a thinner or plumper than average child may be due to confounding and/or recall bias.
Authors
- Tom Norris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9140-0776)
- James A. King (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8174-9173)
- Tom G. Richardson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7918-2040)
- Scott A. Willis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8624-1427)
- Emily Petherick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6778-8128)
- Susan Paudel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7536-9476)
- Mark Hamer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8726-7992)
- Jennifer L. Baker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9649-6615)
- Rebecca Hardy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9949-0799)
- Natalie Pearson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2060-5966)
- William Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0347-4354)
- David J. Stensel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9119-8590)
- Emma Haycraft (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7359-1759)
- Kate Tilling
Institutions
- National Health Service (GB)
- Loughborough University (GB)
- English Institute of Sport (GB)
- Deakin University (AU)
- Waseda University (JP)
- University of Leicester (GB)
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Frederiksberg Hospital (DK)
- Loughborough College (GB)
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (GB)
- Copenhagen University Hospital (DK)
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (GB)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Center for Clinical Research and Prevention (DK)
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Obesity
- Published
- 2025-01-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-025-01718-4
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.99
Funders
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- University of Leicester
- Loughborough University
- University of Bristol
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre