ReviewTrends in cardiovascular medicine2020
Change in body mass index from childhood onwards and risk of adult cardiovascular disease
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- Relationship between childhood obesity and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases: a study based on the combination of multiple databases.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Association of cumulative changes in atherogenic index of plasma and its obesity-related derivatives with cardiovascular disease: emphasis on incremental risk of diabetes status.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2025Article
- Life-long body mass index trajectories and cardiometabolic biomarkers-the Danish diet, cancer, and health-next generations cohort.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Article
- Nonattendance in preventive child health examinations associated with increased risk of school-aged obesity in Denmark.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2025Article
- Weight development in children with obesity without treatment: A Danish cohort study with long-term follow-up.Pediatric obesity · 2025Article
- Gestational weight trajectory and early offspring growth differed by gestational diabetes: a population-based cohort study.Nutrition & diabetes · 2025Article
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- Association of childhood-to-adolescence body mass index trajectories with elevated blood pressure and elevated carotid intima-media thickness.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
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- Age-specific heterogeneity of genetic susceptibility to cardiovascular disease might have opposite outcomes depending on the presence of prediabetes.World journal of diabetes · 2024Article
- Genetic associations of childhood and adult BMI on chronic heart failure and ischemic stroke: A Mendelian randomization.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2024Article
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Child Health, and the Pediatric Subspecialty Workforce.Pediatrics · 2024Review
- Long-Term Change in BMI for Children with Obesity Treated in Family-Centered Lifestyle Interventions.Obesity facts · 2024Observational
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Abstract
Childhood obesity adversely affects the structure and function of the cardiovascular system, but the relationship between excessive weight gain during childhood and adult cardiovascular disease (CVD) is not fully understood. This review summarizes evidence for associations of change in body mass index (BMI) from childhood onwards with CVD outcomes. We found that excessive gain in BMI from childhood onwards was consistently associated with the presence of CVD risk factors, with increased risks of coronary heart disease, and there were suggestions of associations with stroke, atrial fibrillation and heart failure, but a lack of evidence precludes firm conclusions. These results indicate that the risk of CVD can be traced back to child ages and highlights the importance of primordial prevention of CVD by preventing excessive weight gain in childhood.
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