Effects of birth weight on body composition and overweight/obesity at early school age

Autor: Hong Yan, Jing Zhou, Yanfeng Xiao, Yuesheng Liu, Duolao Wang, Chao Li, Lingxia Zeng
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Clinical Nutrition. 39:1778-1784
ISSN: 0261-5614
0885-0194
Popis: OBJECTIVES\ud The prevalence of childhood obesity has increased substantially. We aimed to characterize the effect of birth weight on body composition and overweight/obesity at early school age.\ud STUDY DESIGN\ud A total of 1669 children with available birth records from a double-blind cluster-randomized controlled trial exploring micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy were included. Data regarding school-aged body composition, social-demographic factors and health behaviours were prospectively collected.\ud RESULT\ud s: The study population consisted of 1004 boys and 665 girls aged between 7 and 10 years. The prevalence of overweight/obesity (>85th age-sex-specific percentiles) was 7.4% for boys and 5.0% for girls. Generalized estimating equation models were used to account for the cluster nature of the data. A significant upward trend across quintiles of birth weight was observed for fat mass index (boys: P for trend 0.002; girls: P for trend
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