ArticleGlobal pediatric health2021
Pediatrician's Beliefs and Practices Around Rapid Infant Weight Gain: A Qualitative Study.
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- The Regulation of Energy Intake in Infancy: A Narrative Review.Current obesity reports · 2025Review
- Development of Machine Learning-Based Risk Prediction Models to Predict Rapid Weight Gain in Infants: Analysis of Seven Cohorts.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2025Article
- Validation of Variables for Use in Pediatric Obesity Risk Score Development in Demographically and Racially Diverse United States Cohorts.The Journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- Early Life Energy Balance: The Development of Infant Energy Expenditure and Intake in the Context of Obesity.Current obesity reports · 2024Review
- Current Evidence on Nutrient Intakes and Infant Growth: A Narrative Review of Baby-Led Weaning vs. Conventional Weaning.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Association of Maternal BMI and Rapid Infant Weight Gain With Childhood Body Size and Composition.Pediatrics · 2023Article
- School nurses' experience of communicating growth data and weight development to parents of children 8 and 10 years of age.BMC public health · 2023Article
- The care of infants with rapid weight gain: Should we be doing more?Journal of paediatrics and child health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Rapid infant weight gain is a risk factor for later obesity. The objective of this study was to examine primary care pediatricians' beliefs and practices around rapid infant weight gain. Primary care pediatricians (N = 16) participated in a semi-structured interview about infant growth. Interviews were transcribed, analyzed for themes using the grounded theory and the constant comparative method then reliably coded for the presence of each theme. Three themes were identified, pediatricians (1) are uncertain about the concept, definition, and implications of excessive or rapid infant weight gain (N = 16, 100%), (2) are more comfortable with management of inadequate versus excessive or rapid weight gain (N = 10, 62.5%), and (3) perceive the primary cause of excessive or rapid infant weight gain to be overfeeding (N = 10, 62.5%). In conclusion, pediatricians are uncertain about the concept, definition, management, and long-term risks of rapid infant weight gain. Interventions to increase awareness and pediatrician sense of competence in management of rapid infant weight gain are needed.
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