Early Weight Status and Human Capital in Adulthood: A 32-Year Follow-Up of the 1970 British Cohort Study

作者全名："Luo, Yi; Xiao, Mimi"

作者地址："[Luo, Yi; Xiao, Mimi] Chongqing Med Univ, Res Ctr Med & Social Dev, Sch Publ Hlth, Chongqing, Peoples R China"

通信作者："Xiao, MM (通讯作者)，Chongqing Med Univ, Res Ctr Med & Social Dev, Sch Publ Hlth, Chongqing, Peoples R China."

来源：INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

ESI学科分类：SOCIAL SCIENCES, GENERAL

WOS号：WOS:001173913600001

JCR分区：Q2

影响因子：2.6

年份：2024

卷号：69

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文献类型：Article

关键词：longitudinal study; obesity; human capital; weight; BCS70

摘要："Objectives: To prospectively evaluate the effects of early weight status (childhood and adolescence) and changes in obesity status on human capital in adulthood. Methods: We employed data from the 1970 Birth Cohort Study in the United Kingdom. Data on height and weight during childhood and adolescence, human capital variables in adulthood were collected from 2,444 participants. Human capital includes cognitive ability, non-cognitive skill, educational attainment and health status. Data were analyzed through linear regression and logistic regression models. Results: Our results showed that obesity during adolescence was negatively associated with cognitive ability (beta = -0.83, p < 0.01), educational attainment (beta = -0.49, p < 0.01), and some health outcomes; and that underweight in childhood also adversely affected educational attainment in females (beta = -0.66, p < 0.05). In terms of changes in obesity status, becoming obese in adolescence negatively affected cognitive ability (beta = -1.18, p < 0.01), educational attainment (beta = -0.62, p < 0.05) and some health outcomes, remaining obese was associated with all adverse health outcomes. Conclusion: Our results suggest that obesity during adolescence negatively affects a range of human capital outcomes in adulthood, and adolescence is a critical period during which early obesity affects adult human capital."

基金机构：Open Project of Chongqing Maternal and Child Disease Prevention and Control and Public Health Research Center in 2023 [CQFYZC01001]; Humanities and Social Sciences Research Project of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission [22SKGH068]

基金资助正文：This work was funded and supported by the Open Project of Chongqing Maternal and Child Disease Prevention and Control and Public Health Research Center in 2023 (No. CQFYZC01001); and supported by the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Project of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission (No. 22SKGH068).