Infant Predictors of Childhood Overweight

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John Worobey

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John Worobey
Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

A B S T R A C T

Previous studies have identified numerous risk factors to be associated with early obesity, among them high birth weight and energy intake, low activity or energy expenditure, high maternal body mass index, rapid early infant growth, short duration of sleep, and overly controlling feeding styles. The aim of the present study was to examine these various factors as predictors of overweight in early childhood. Ninety-one mothers were observed feeding their infants at 12-months, with infants weighed and measured again at 36-months. Motor activity, sleep duration, and difficultness were also assessed. The results revealed that nearly all the factors showed some associations with higher BMI percentiles, such that multiple factors are at work in promoting early excess weight gain in the early years of development.

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Research Article

Publication history

Received: Mon 13, Jan 2020
Accepted: Fri 07, Feb 2020
Published: Thu 26, May 2022

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© 2023 John Worobey. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.JFNM.2020.01.02