Wright, C.M. , Marryat, L., McColl, J. , Harjunmaa, U. and Cole, T.J. (2018) Pathways into and out of overweight and obesity from infancy to mid-childhood. Pediatric Obesity, 13(10), pp. 621-627. (doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12427) (PMID:29998577) (PMCID:PMC6220864)
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Abstract
Objectives: To investigate whether high weight in infancy predicts obesity in childhood. Method: Data from two UK cohorts (Newcastle Growth and Development N = 795, Gateshead Millennium N = 393) and one Finnish (Tampere N = 1262) were combined. Z scores of weight at 3 and 12 months and body mass index (BMI) at 5 and 8 years were categorized as raised/overweight (1 to <2 SD) or high/obese (≥2 SD). Results: The majority of infants with raised or high weight at birth tended to revert to normal by 3 months and to track in the same category from 3 to 12 months. Although infants with high weight were five times more likely to have BMI ≥ 2 SD at 8 years (p < 0.001), only 22% went on to have BMI ≥ 2 SD, while 64% of infants with raised weight had normal BMI at 8 years. Of children with BMI ≥ 2 SD aged 8 years, only 22% had raised weight in infancy and half had BMI ≥ 2 SD for the first time at that age. Conclusions: Infants with raised weight in infancy tend to remain so, but most children who go on to have BMI ≥ 2 SD were not unusually heavy infants and the majority of infants with high weight reverted to overweight or normal weight in childhood.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Wright, Professor Charlotte and McColl, Professor John |
| Authors: | Wright, C.M., Marryat, L., McColl, J., Harjunmaa, U., and Cole, T.J. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing College of Science and Engineering > School of Mathematics and Statistics > Statistics |
| Journal Name: | Pediatric Obesity |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| ISSN: | 2047-6302 |
| ISSN (Online): | 2047-6302 |
| Published Online: | 11 July 2018 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2018 The Authors |
| First Published: | First published in Pediatric Obesity 13(10):621-627 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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