TY - JOUR
T1 - Infant Overweight as Early Marker of Childhood Overweight in Brazil
AU - Jardim-Botelho, Anne
AU - Queiroz Gurgel, Ricardo
AU - Petrucci, Roberta
AU - Bispo dos Santos, Claudimary
AU - Bispo Pereira, Adrianne
AU - De oliveira Xavier, Samara
AU - Desidério de Souza, Laís
AU - Cuevas, Luis
PY - 2014/2/1
Y1 - 2014/2/1
N2 - Objective: To investigate infant overweight and rapid weight gain as predictors of overweight and adiposity in childhood.Methods: Prospective, longitudinal birth cohort following 153 low-income Brazilian children. Weight, length, middle upper arm circumference (MUAC) and triceps skinfold thickness (TSF) were measured on enrolment and 6-monthly for 18 months. Anthropometric z-scores were calculated.Results: Infants with overweight were >5 times likely to have MUAC z-score >2, >6 times likely to have weight-for-height/length z-score >2 and >3 times likely to have TSF z-score >2 during childhood. Children with more than two overweight episodes were 27.7 [95% confidence interval (CI) 8.1–87.9] times more likely to have MUAC z-score >2 and 13.8 (95% CI 4.4–43.9) times more likely to have TSF z-score >2 in childhood. Rapid weight gain increased 10.7 (95% CI 2.3–50.0) times the risk of childhood overweight.Conclusions: Infant overweight and rapid weight gain predict overweight and adiposity in childhood among low-income children.
AB - Objective: To investigate infant overweight and rapid weight gain as predictors of overweight and adiposity in childhood.Methods: Prospective, longitudinal birth cohort following 153 low-income Brazilian children. Weight, length, middle upper arm circumference (MUAC) and triceps skinfold thickness (TSF) were measured on enrolment and 6-monthly for 18 months. Anthropometric z-scores were calculated.Results: Infants with overweight were >5 times likely to have MUAC z-score >2, >6 times likely to have weight-for-height/length z-score >2 and >3 times likely to have TSF z-score >2 during childhood. Children with more than two overweight episodes were 27.7 [95% confidence interval (CI) 8.1–87.9] times more likely to have MUAC z-score >2 and 13.8 (95% CI 4.4–43.9) times more likely to have TSF z-score >2 in childhood. Rapid weight gain increased 10.7 (95% CI 2.3–50.0) times the risk of childhood overweight.Conclusions: Infant overweight and rapid weight gain predict overweight and adiposity in childhood among low-income children.
KW - Adiposity
KW - Childhood overweight
KW - Cohort
KW - Infancy
KW - Weight gain
U2 - 10.1093/tropej/fmt076
DO - 10.1093/tropej/fmt076
M3 - Article
SN - 0142-6338
VL - 60
SP - 47
EP - 52
JO - Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
JF - Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
IS - 1
M1 - fmt076
ER -