TY - JOUR AU - Foraita, Ronja AU - Brandes, Mirko AU - Günther, Frauke AU - Bammann, Karin AU - Pigeot, Iris AU - Ahrens, Wolfgang PY - 2015 DA - 2015/07/11 TI - The influence of aerobic fitness on obesity and its parent-offspring correlations in a cross-sectional study among German families JO - BMC Public Health SP - 638 VL - 15 IS - 1 AB - Overweight/obesity is an important public health burden worldwide, increasing the risk for the development of cardiovascular diseases or the metabolic syndrome. This risk may be reduced by a good aerobic fitness (AF) that can be improved by physical activity but is also influenced by genetic factors. The aim of this study was to test for familial aggregation of AF measured by maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) and to estimate its heritability. Furthermore, an exploratory analysis of the association between overweight/obesity and AF was performed. In contrast to previous studies, all analyses were adjusted for additional environmental and behavioral factors, in particular for objectively measured physical activity (PA) in addition to body mass index (BMI). SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2013-x DO - 10.1186/s12889-015-2013-x ID - Foraita2015 ER -