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Table 3 Percentage overweight and obese family members in Lifeways

From: Body mass index and height over three generations: evidence from the Lifeways cross-generational cohort study

   

Overweight

Obese

Cohort member

n

Group

n

%

n

%

Boys

260

1

49

18.8

17

6.5

Girls

269

1

61

22.7

21

7.8

Mother

454

2

92

20.3

36

7.9

Father

191

3

96

50.3

29

15.2

MGM

147

4

63

42.9

24

16.3

MGF

98

5

48

49.5

17

17.5

PGM

84

6

39

46.4

17

20.2

PGF

53

7

21

39.6

17

32.1

  1. MGM: Maternal grandmother, MGF: Maternal grandfather; PGM: Paternal grandmother; PGF: Paternal grandfather
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