Investigating the association between parental educational status and offspring obesity risk using the Japan Environment and Children's Study
Lower educational status in both parents was associated with overweight/obesity among 4-year-old children in Japan. Public policies might target parents with lower education to prevent childhood obesity.
Authors
- Chihiro Kawakami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2845-607X)
- Koji Kawakami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7477-4071)
- Masato Takeuchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2990-2687)
- Masahiro Noda
- Satomi Yoshida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3411-9427)
- Shuichi Ito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5242-8987)
- Tetsuya Tsuchida
Institutions
- University of Tsukuba (JP)
- Kyoto University (JP)
- Yokohama City University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Obesity
- Published
- 2025-05-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ijpo.70019
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00