ArticleBMC obesity2016
Early rapid weight gain and subsequent overweight and obesity in middle childhood in Peru.
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- The Effect of Growth Rate during Infancy on the Risk of Developing Obesity in Childhood: A Systematic Literature Review.Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
- Rapid weight gain in first 2 years of life and BMI trajectories from 3 to <10 years: a population-based longitudinal study of 1.7 million Brazilian children.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026Article
- Designing intervention prototypes to improve infant and young child nutrition in Peru: a participatory design study protocol.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Faster rehabilitation weight gain during childhood is associated with risk of non-communicable disease in adult survivors of severe acute malnutrition.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Association Between Length of Only-Child Period During Early Childhood and Overweight at Age 8-A Population-Based Longitudinal Study in Japan.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Timing of rapid weight gain and its effect on subsequent overweight or obesity in childhood: findings from a longitudinal birth cohort study.BMC pediatrics · 2020Article
- Impact of the intervention program "JolinchenKids - fit and healthy in daycare" on energy balance related-behaviors: results of a cluster controlled trial.BMC pediatrics · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundRapid postnatal weight gain is associated with risk of overweight and obesity, but it's unclear whether this holds in populations exposed to concurrent obesogenic risk factors and for children who have been extensively breastfed. This study investigates whether an increase in weight for age from birth to 1 year (infancy) and from 1 to 5 years (early childhood) predicts overweight and obesity, and waist circumference at 8 years, using data from a longitudinal cohort study in Peru.
methodsGeneralized estimating equations (GEE) models were constructed for overweight and obesity, obesity alone and waist circumference at 8 years versus rapid weight gain in infancy, and early childhood including adjusted models to account for confounders.
resultsRapid weight gain in both periods was associated with double the risk of overweight and obesity, obesity alone at 8 years and increased waist circumference even after controlling for maternal BMI and education level, sex of child, height-for-age at 8 years, consumption of "fast food" and number of days of active exercise. The association was significant, with some differences, for children in both rural and urban environments.
conclusionsRapid weight gain in infancy and in early childhood in Peru is associated with overweight and obesity at age 8 years even when considering other determinants of childhood obesity.
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