ArticleInternational journal of obesity (2005)2011
Socioeconomic status and weight gain in early infancy.
Article in International journal of obesity (2005), 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Relationship between socioeconomic status and weight gain during infancy: The BeeBOFT study.PloS one · 2018Trial
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- Early childhood growth trajectories in a Medicaid population.Pediatric obesity · 2022Article
- Mediators of differences by parental education in weight-related outcomes in childhood and adolescence in Norway.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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contextThe association between low socioeconomic status (SES) and childhood obesity foreshadows lifelong inequalities in health. Insight into the causal mechanisms linking childhood adversity to long-term health could be provided by discovering when the negative SES gradient in weight emerges and what early life experiences are associated with it.
objectiveSES differences in infant weight gain in the first 3 months of life were examined, and contributions of parental body mass index, maternal smoking and feeding method to this association were assessed.
designObservational study using longitudinal weight data from 2402 families taking part in the Gemini Study; a twin birth cohort recruited from all twin births between March and December 2007 in England and Wales. OUTCOME MEASURES: Infant weights at birth and 3 months converted to standard deviation scores (SDS), change in weight SDS and rapid growth. SES was indexed by occupation and maternal education.
resultsThere were no SES differences in birth weight, but lower SES was associated with higher 3-month weight, greater change in weight and a higher prevalence of rapid growth (all P < 0.01), with graded associations across levels of SES. Including parental overweight or smoking in pregnancy in the regression model did not affect the association between SES and weight gain, but including feeding method attenuated the SES effect on weight gain by at least 62% and rendered it nonsignificant.
conclusionThe foundations for lifelong socioeconomic inequalities in obesity risk may be laid in early infancy, with infant-feeding practices having a part in the diverging weight trajectories.
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