Overweight grandsons and grandfathers' starvation exposure.
Health production
Multigenerational transmission of health
Overweight
Journal
Journal of health economics
ISSN: 1879-1646
Titre abrégé: J Health Econ
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 8410622
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 2023
09 2023
Historique:
received:
19
10
2022
revised:
08
07
2023
accepted:
10
07
2023
medline:
18
9
2023
pubmed:
5
8
2023
entrez:
4
8
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Much of the increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity has been in developing countries with a history of famines and malnutrition. This paper is the first to examine overweight among adult grandsons of grandfathers exposed to starvation during developmental ages. I study grandsons born to grandfathers who served in the Union Army during the US Civil War (1861-5) where some grandfathers experienced severe net malnutrition because they suffered a harsh POW experience. I find that male-line but not female-line grandsons of grandfathers who survived a severe captivity during their growing years faced a 21% increase in mean overweight and a 2% increase in mean BMI compared to grandsons of non-POWs. Male-line grandsons descended from grandfathers who experienced a harsh captivity faced a 22%-28% greater risk of dying every year after age 45 relative to grandsons descended from non-POWs, with overweight accounting for 9%-14% of the excess risk.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37541079
pii: S0167-6296(23)00073-5
doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2023.102796
pmc: PMC10593129
mid: NIHMS1936318
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Pagination
102796Subventions
Organisme : NIA NIH HHS
ID : P01 AG010120
Pays : United States
Organisme : NICHD NIH HHS
ID : P2C HD041022
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIA NIH HHS
ID : R21 AG064460
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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