Obesity from Childhood to Mid-adulthood in the United States: A Synthetic Cohort Approach to Measuring Health Trajectories
This synthetic cohort approach can be used to characterize dynamics of obesity and other conditions by maximizing data from shorter "life segments." Findings suggest that today's young adults will continue to become heavier as they age. In addition to prevention before kindergarten entry, other periods for obesity prevention could be middle childhood, mid-twenties, and late thirties.
Authors
- Solveig A. Cunningham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2354-1526)
- Natalia E. Poveda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6070-362X)
- Neil K. Mehta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6671-8435)
- Michael R. Elliott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4128-5527)
Institutions
- Emory University (US)
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (CO)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NL)
- The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ede.0000000000001927
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00