ArticleAmerican journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council
Postnatal growth velocity and overweight in early adolescents: a comparison of rural and urban African boys and girls.
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- Comparison of growth models to describe growth from birth to 6 years in a Beninese cohort of children with repeated measurements.BMJ open · 2020Article
- Higher neonatal growth rate and body condition score at 7 months are predictive factors of obesity in adult female Beagle dogs.BMC veterinary research · 2017Article
- Effects of early feeding on growth velocity and overweight/obesity in a cohort of HIV unexposed South African infants and children.International breastfeeding journal · 2015Article
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objectivesTo compare growth velocity of two African child cohorts and examine the relationship between postnatal growth velocity in infancy/early childhood and the risk of overweight/stunting in early adolescence.
methodsThe study used data from two child cohorts from urban (Birth to Twenty Cohort, South Africa) and rural (Lungwena Child Survival Study, Malawi) African settings. Mixed effect modelling was used to derive growth and peak growth velocities. T-tests were used to compare growth parameters and velocities between the two cohorts. Linear and logistic regression models were used to determine the relationship between growth velocity and early adolescent (ages 9-11 years) body mass index and odds of being overweight.
resultsChildren in the BH cohort were significantly taller and heavier than those in the Lungwena cohort, and exhibited faster weight and height growth velocity especially in the first year of life (P < 0.05). No significant association was shown between baseline weight (αw ) and overweight in early adolescence (OR = 1.25, CI = 0.67, 2.34). The weight growth velocity parameter βw was highly associated with odds of being overweight. Association between overweight in adolescence and weight velocity was stronger in infancy than in early childhood (OR at 3 months = 4.80, CI = 2.49, 9.26; OR at 5 years = 2.39, CI = 1.65, 3.47).
conclusionHigh weight and height growth velocity in infancy, independent of size at birth, is highly associated with overweight in early adolescence. However, the long term effects of rapid growth in infancy may be dependent on a particular population's socio-economic status and level of urbanization.
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