ArticlePediatrics2009
Early child care and adiposity at ages 1 and 3 years.
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63 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The association between childcare and risk of childhood overweight and obesity in children aged 5 years and under: a systematic review.European journal of pediatrics · 2016Pooled it
- Screen-viewing among preschoolers in childcare: a systematic review.BMC pediatrics · 2014Pooled it
- Interventions aimed at decreasing obesity in children younger than 2 years: a systematic review.Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine · 2010Pooled it
- A multi-component tailored intervention in family childcare homes improves diet quality and sedentary behavior of preschool children compared to an attention control: results from the Healthy Start-Comienzos Sanos cluster randomized trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Trial
- The keys to healthy family child care homes intervention: study design and rationale.Contemporary clinical trials · 2015Trial
- Preventing obesity in infants and toddlers in child care: results from a pilot randomized controlled trial.Maternal and child health journal · 2014Trial
- Identifying elevated child weight from 3 to 24 months: Early transitions into nonparental care and to solid foods.Pediatric obesity · 2024Article
- Mediation of the association between social environmental characteristics of family childcare home and weight status in children by diet quality.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Young Children's Dietary Quality in Family Child Care and in Their Own Home.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2023Article
- Nutrition Practices of Family Child Care Home Providers and Children's Diet Quality.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2023Article
- International differences in gradients in early childhood overweight and obesity: the role of maternal employment and formal childcare attendance.European journal of public health · 2023Article
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- Feeding and Activity Environments for Infants and Toddlers in Childcare Centers and Family Childcare Homes in Southeastern New England.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Involvement of Non-Parental Caregivers in Obesity Prevention Interventions among 0-3-Year-Old Children: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Early Care and Education Professionals' Breastfeeding Knowledge and Practices Before and After an E-Learning Program.Journal of health science & education · 2021Article
- Ethnic Differences in Family Childcare Providers' Nutrition- and Activity-Related Attitudes and Barriers.Journal of obesity · 2021Article
- Grow well/Crecer bien: a protocol for research on infant feeding practices in low-income families.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Household Food Security and Infant Adiposity.Pediatrics · 2020Article
- Healthy Eating Policy Improves Children's Diet Quality in Early Care and Education in South Carolina.Nutrients · 2020Article
- Early Child Care and Weight Status in a Cohort of Predominantly Black Infants in the Southeastern United States.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe majority of infants in the United States are in nonparental child care, yet little is known about the effect of child care on development of obesity.
objectiveTo examine the relationship between child care attendance from birth to 6 months and adiposity at 1 and 3 years of age.
methodsWe studied 1138 children from a prospective cohort of pregnant women and their offspring. The main exposure was time in child care from birth to 6 months of age, overall and by type of care: (1) child care center; (2) someone else's home; and (3) child's own home by nonparent. The main outcomes were weight-for-length (WFL) z score at 1 year and BMI z score at 3 years of age.
resultsA total of 649 (57%) infants attended child care; 17% were cared for in a center, 27% in someone else's home, and 21% in their own home by a nonparent. After adjustment for confounders, overall time in child care was associated with an increased WFL z score at 1 year and BMI z score at 3 years of age but not skinfold thicknesses. Center and own home care were not associated with the outcomes, but care in someone else's home was associated with an increase in both the 1- and 3-year outcomes.
conclusionChild care in the first 6 months of life, especially in someone else's home, was associated with an increased WFL z score at 1 year and BMI z score at 3 years of age.
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