ReviewPublic health nutrition2023
Childhood BMI and other measures of body composition as a predictor of cardiometabolic non-communicable diseases in adulthood: a systematic review.
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- An assessment of methods for measuring body composition in full-term infants: A systematic review.Pediatric research · 2026Pooled it
- Infant fat mass and later child and adolescent health outcomes: a systematic review.Archives of disease in childhood · 2024Pooled it
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- Beyond Deterministic Fetal Programming: Intrauterine Exposures and the Multifactorial Origins of Adiposity.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Review
- DNA methylation marks associated with body composition in children from India and the Gambia: findings from the EMPHASIS study.Clinical epigenetics · 2026Article
- Effects of a Physical-Literacy-Based Educational Intervention on Physical Activity and Body Composition in Preadolescent Children: A School-Based Controlled Trial.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Development and validation of an educational comic book on healthy eating in early childhood.Journal of nutritional science · 2026Article
- Jumping hurdles: a grounded theory study of factors influencing school nurses' role in pediatric obesity prevention in Saudi Arabia.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Prevalence and risk factors for hypertension among children and adolescents in Shaanxi province, Northwestern China, according to the three hypertension guidelines.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Public Primary School Compliance with School Canteen Policy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Early life factors and variation in adult kidney function in the Swedish LifeGene cohort.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Body Composition Changes and Associations in Infants and Mothers During the First Year: Insights from a Pilot Study of the Baby-bod Project.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Exploring the determinants of malnutrition in 2-5 year Iranian children using structural equation modeling: national food and nutrition surveillance.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Effects of an 8-Week Active Play Intervention on Body Composition and Fundamental Motor Skills in Preschool Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Body composition and associated factors among 5-7-year-old children with moderate acute malnutrition in Jimma town in southwest Ethiopia: A comparative cross-sectional study.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveThere is growing evidence that childhood malnutrition is associated with non-communicable diseases (NCD) in adulthood and that body composition mediates some of this association. This review aims to determine if childhood body composition can be used to predict later-life cardiometabolic NCD and which measures of body composition predicts future NCD.
designElectronic databases were searched for articles where: children aged under 5 years had body composition measured; cardiometabolic health outcomes were measured a minimum of 10 years later.
settingThe databases Embase, Medline and Global Health were searched through July 2020.
participantsChildren aged under 5 years with a follow-up of minimum 10 years.
resultsTwenty-nine studies met the inclusion criteria. Though a poor proxy measure of body composition, body mass index (BMI) was commonly reported (
conclusionsMany studies reported that low infant BMI and high childhood BMI were associated with an increased risk of NCD-related outcomes in later life but no conclusions can be made about the exact timing of child malnutrition and consequent impact on NCD. Because studies focussed on BMI rather than direct measures of body composition, nothing can be said about which measures of body composition in childhood are most useful. Future research on child nutrition and long-term outcomes is urgently needed and should include validated body composition assessments as well as standard anthropometric and BMI measurements.
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