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Rinki Murphy

Fast-food consumption and body mass index in children and adolescents: an international cross-sectional study.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether reported fast-food consumption over the previous year is associated with higher childhood or adolescent body mass index (BMI). DESIGN: Secondary analysis from a multicentre, multicountry cross-sectional study (International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Children (ISAAC) Phase Three). SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Parents/guardians of children aged 6-7 completed questionnaires which included questions about their children's asthma and allergies, fast-food consumption, height and weight. Adolescents aged 13-14 completed the same questionnaire. The questionnaire asked 'In the past 12 months, how often on average did you (your child) eat fast-food/burgers?' The resp…

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Additional file 3: Table S2. of Maternal post-natal tobacco use and current parental tobacco use is associated with higher body mass index in children and adolescents: an international cross-sectional study

basic characteristics of contributing centres for adolescents, including association between parental smoking and BMI (+/- kg/m2, (SE)) of participants in each centre. (DOC 122Â kb)

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Additional file 2: Table S1. of Maternal post-natal tobacco use and current parental tobacco use is associated with higher body mass index in children and adolescents: an international cross-sectional study

basic characteristics of contributing centres for 6â 7 year old children, including association between parental smoking and BMI (+/- kg/m2, (SE)) of participants in each centre. (DOC 73Â kb)

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Additional file 4: Figure S2. of Maternal post-natal tobacco use and current parental tobacco use is associated with higher body mass index in children and adolescents: an international cross-sectional study

Reported exposure of study subjects to parental smoking. Panel (a) shows the proportion of 6â 7 year olds exposed maternal smoking in their first year of life, panel (b) shows the proportion of 6â 7 year olds exposed to any current parental smoking, and panel (c) shows the proportion of adolescents exposed to any current parental smokingii. (TIFF 8254Â kb)

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Additional file 1: Figure S1. of Maternal post-natal tobacco use and current parental tobacco use is associated with higher body mass index in children and adolescents: an international cross-sectional study

Flow of subjects through study. Children are represented in panel (a) and adolescents in panel (b). (TIFF 3798Â kb)

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