Infant Overweight as Early Marker of Childhood Overweight in Brazil

To investigate infant overweight and rapid weight gain as predictors of overweight and adiposity in childhood. Prospective, longitudinal birth cohort following 153 low-income Brazilian children. Weight, length, middle upper arm circumference (MUAC) and triceps skinfold thickness (TSF) were measured...

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Published in:Journal of tropical pediatrics (1980) 2014-02, Vol.60 (1), p.47-52
Main Authors: JARDIM-BOTELHO, Anne, GURGEL, Ricardo Queiroz, PETRUCCI, Roberta, DOS SANTOS, Claudimary Bispo, PEREIRA, Adrianne Bispo, DE OLIVEIRA XAVIER, Samara, DE SOUZA, Laís Desidério, CUEVAS, Luis Eduardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adiposity - physiology
Biological and medical sciences
Birth Weight
Body Height
Body Mass Index
Brazil - epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Follow-Up Studies
General aspects
Health Surveys
Humans
Infant
Male
Medical sciences
Metabolic diseases
Obesity
Obesity - epidemiology
Overweight - epidemiology
Predictive Value of Tests
Prospective Studies
Risk Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Time Factors
Weight Gain - physiology
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Summary:To investigate infant overweight and rapid weight gain as predictors of overweight and adiposity in childhood. 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. 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. Infant overweight and rapid weight gain predict overweight and adiposity in childhood among low-income children.
ISSN:0142-6338
1465-3664
DOI:10.1093/tropej/fmt076