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This study evaluated the associations between social mobility measured by parent education and childhood OWOB at child age 6 and 10 years.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We analyzed data of 4030 children and parents participating in the Generation R study. We used generalized linear models controlling for potential confounders to determine if social mobility (upward mobility, static-low and static-high based on the change of parent education) was associated with age- and sex-specific standard deviation scores of body mass index (BMI-SDS) or OWOB (the cut-offs of International Obesity Task Force).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Mean BMI-SDS of the children was 0.23\u2009\u00b1\u20090.89 and 0.26\u2009\u00b1\u20091.03 at child age 6 and 10 years, respectively; the prevalence of OWOB increased from 15.2 to 17.4%. Compared with children from mothers in the upward mobility group, children from mothers in the static-high group had lower BMI-SDS and lower odds of OWOB at both ages (all P\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001). Compared with children from fathers in the upward mobility group, children from fathers in static-low group had higher BMI-SDS and higher odds of OWOB at both ages (all P\u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.05).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Our study contributes to the literature by showing that the behaviors of parents\u2019 obtaining a higher level of education after the child was born may be beneficial to attenuate the odds of the child developing overweight in late childhood.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/eurpub\/ckab073","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,3]],"date-time":"2021-05-03T19:17:36Z","timestamp":1620069456000},"page":"764-770","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Social mobility by parent education and childhood overweight and obesity: a prospective cohort 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