ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2011
Risk for obesity in adolescence starts in early childhood.
Article in Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.
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- Barriers to Behavior Change in Parents With Overweight or Obese Children: A Qualitative Interview Study.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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- Predicting the development of overweight and obesity in children between 2.5 and 8 years of age: The prospective ABIS study.Obesity science & practice · 2020Article
- Fatty fish intake in mothers during pregnancy and in their children in relation to the development of obesity and overweight in childhood: The prospective ABIS study.Obesity science & practice · 2020Article
- Health-related parental indicators and their association with healthy weight and overweight/obese children's physical activity.BMC public health · 2018Article
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- Ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and overweight in Asian American adolescents.Preventive medicine reports · 2016Article
- Time trends: a ten-year comparison (2005-2015) of pedometer-determined physical activity and obesity in Czech preschool children.BMC public health · 2016Article
- Exploring Categorical Body Mass Index Trajectories in Elementary School Children.The Journal of school health · 2016Article
- Two Worlds of Obesity: Ethnic Differences in Child Overweight/Obesity Prevalence and Trajectories.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2016Article
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Early Childhood Obesity: Growth Trajectories in Body Mass Index.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2016Article
- Assessing the feasibility of evaluating and delivering a physical activity intervention for pre-school children: a pilot randomised controlled trial.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2016Article
- Early life risk factors of being overweight at 10 years of age: results of the German birth cohorts GINIplus and LISAplus.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2013Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe objective of this study was to assess the predictive value of body mass index (BMI) at earlier ages on risk of overweight/obesity at age of 11 years. STUDY
designThis is a longitudinal study of 907 children from birth to age of 11 years. Predictors include BMI at earlier ages and outcome is overweight/obesity status at age of 11 years. Analyses were adjusted for covariates known to affect BMI.
resultAt 11 years, 17% were overweight and 25% were obese. Children whose BMI was measured as ≥85th percentile once at preschool age had a twofold risk for overweight/obesity at 11 years of age. Risk increased by 11-fold if a child's BMI measured was noted more than once during this age. During early elementary years, if a child's BMI was>85th percentile once, risk for overweight/obesity at 11 years was fivefold and increased by 72-fold if noted more than two times. During late elementary years, if a child's BMI was>85th percentile once, risk for overweight/obesity was 26-fold and increased by 351-fold if noted more than two times. Risk of overweight/obesity at 11 years was noted with higher maternal prepregnancy weight, higher birth weight, female gender and increased television viewing.
conclusionChildren in higher BMI categories at young ages have a higher risk of overweight/obesity at 11 years of age. Effect size was greater for measurements taken closer to 11 years of age. Pediatricians need to identify children at-risk for adolescent obesity and initiate counseling and intervention at earlier ages.
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