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ArticleMaternal and child health journal2022

Association Between Age of Achieving Gross Motor Development Milestones During Infancy and Body Fat Percentage at 6 to 7 Years of Age.

Tomoko Aoyama, Yuki Hikihara, Masashi Watanabe, Hitoshi Wakabayashi, Satoshi Hanawa, Naomi Omi, Hidemi Takimoto, Shigeho Tanaka

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Article in Maternal and child health journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06139549 (The Effects of Playful Pathways, a Play-Based Developmentally Focused Group Program, and How it Affects Caregivers' Health Literacy and Self-Efficacy and Influences Outcomes for Infants), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.

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The Effects of Playful Pathways, a Play-Based Developmentally Focused Group Program, and How it Affects Caregivers' Health Literacy and Self-Efficacy and Influences Outcomes for Infants

TypeobservationalSponsorArkansas Colleges of Health EducationRan2023 to 2024Enrolled10ConditionsGross Motor Development DelayArmsGross motor development group session
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 8 institutions in 1 country.

Tomoko AoyamaDepartment of Nutritional Epidemiology and Shokuiku, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8636, Japan. tomokom@nibiohn.go.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3006-7543
Yuki HikiharaFaculty of Creative Engineering, Chiba Institute of Technology, 2-1-1 Shibazono, Narashino-shi, Chiba, 275-0023, Japan.
Masashi WatanabeCollege of Education, Ibaraki University, 2-1-1 Bunkyo, Mito-shi, Ibaraki, 310-8512, Japan.
Hitoshi WakabayashiFaculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita 13, Nishi 8, Kitaku, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido, 060-8628, Japan.
Satoshi HanawaMeiji Yasuda Life Foundation of Health and Welfare, 1-8-3, Nishisinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-0023, Japan.
Naomi OmiFaculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tukuba-shi, Ibaraki, 305-8577, Japan.
Hidemi TakimotoDepartment of Nutritional Epidemiology and Shokuiku, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8636, Japan.
Shigeho TanakaDepartment of Nutrition and Metabolism, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8636, Japan.
Chiba Institute of Technology · JPHokkaido University · JPIbaraki University · JPJapan Society for the Promotion of Science · JPKagawa Nutrition University · JPMeiji Yasuda Life Foundation of Health and Welfare · JPNational Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition · JPUniversity of Tsukuba · JP

Funding

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP13J07359The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP24700759The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP25750373
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe later achievement of gross motor milestones during infancy is associated with adiposity in early childhood. However, the associations between gross motor development and adiposity after entering primary school are unclear. This study examined the associations between the ages at which six gross motor milestones were achieved and adiposity during early school years.

methodsThis retrospective study was conducted in 2012 and 2013. Data were collected from 225 first-grade primary school children (mean age, 6.9 years; 39% girls). Adiposity was assessed using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and expressed as body fat percentage. Data describing the ages of achieving six gross motor milestones (holding head up, sitting, crawling, standing supported, walking supported, and independent walking) were obtained from the Maternal and Child Health Handbooks.

resultsMean body fat percentage was 21.7%. Multiple linear regression analyses revealed that later ages of achieving crawling (p < .001 [95% confidence interval: 0.33-1.16]), standing supported (p < .001 [95% confidence interval: 0.64-1.65]), and walking supported [p = .013 (95% confidence interval: 0.13-1.07)] were associated with increased fat. However, the ages of achieving holding head up (p = .053), sitting (p = .175), and independent walking (p = .736) were not statistically significant.

conclusionsAchieving crawling, standing supported, and walking supported later predict increased body fat when aged 6-7 years. The practice of observing gross motor milestone achievements may allow early targeted interventions to optimize body composition before beginning school and thereby, potentially prevent childhood obesity.

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Motor SkillsPediatric ObesityAdipose TissueChildChild DevelopmentChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansInfantMaleRetrospective StudiesAdiposityChildGrowth and developmentInfantMotor skills

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