A longitudinal study investigating change in BMI z-score in primary school-aged children and the association of child BMI z-score with parent BMI.
Ruth MearsR SalwayD SharpJ P H ShieldR JagoPublished in: BMC public health (2020)
The key indicator of higher child BMI at Year 4 is high BMI at Year 1. Further studies are needed to explore the impact of parental weight change on child BMI z-score and whether interventions targeted at overweight or obese parents, can improve their child's BMI z-score.