Developmental Trajectories of Body Mass Index in Early Childhood and Their Risk Factors

Pryor, Laura; Tremblay, Richard E.; Boivin, Michel; Touchette, Évelyne; Dubois, Lise; Génolini, Christophe; Liu, Xuecheng; Falissard, Bruno; Côté, Sylvana M.

doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.153

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“…Furthermore, by utilizing LCGM, the impact of obesity-related factors on distinct levels of BMI trajectories can be examined [5]. Although LCGM has been used to identify BMI trajectories for youth and children [22][23][24], only three studies applied LCGM to analyze the patterns of BMI or body weight changes on a substantial period of adult life [25][26][27]. The study by Ostbye et al investigated four distinct upward-sloping trajectories of BMI in adults aged 18-49 years [25].…”

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Trajectories of Body Mass Index from Young Adulthood to Middle Age among Canadian Men and Women

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Advances in Epidemiology

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Knowledge regarding the heterogeneity of BMI trajectories is limited for the Canadian population. Using latent class growth modelling, four distinct BMI trajectories of individuals from young adulthood to middle age were identified for both women and men from the longitudinal data of the National Population Health Survey. The associations between BMI trajectories and the individuals' sociodemographic characteristics and behavioural factors were also examined. Aboriginal women were found more likely to be in the long-term overweight or obese groups. It reveals that increased years of smoking, drinking, and being physically active were associated with lowering the BMI trajectory in all groups for both women and men, with some exceptions in the longterm normal weight group for men. Increased years of rural living, being employed, and living with low income were associated with raising the BMI trajectory in all groups for women and in some groups for men. Food insecurity was associated with raising the BMI trajectory in each group for both women and men.

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Trajectories of Body Mass Index from Young Adulthood to Middle Age among Canadian Men and Women

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Advances in Epidemiology

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“…1 Compared to children with normal weight, children who are overweight or obese as preschoolers are five times more likely to be overweight or obese in adolescence. 2,3 Overweight and obese children are also more likely to develop diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, asthma, and sleep apnea later in life. 4 There are numerous and complex social, developmental, psychological, and biologic factors that can lead to childhood obesity.…”

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“…Those children at greatest risk are Latino and American Indian, 5,6 live below the poverty line, 7 and have mothers with high BMIs. 2,8 Children's consumption of fast foods, 9 time watching television (TV), 10,11 and lack of physical activity 12 are also related to high BMI. Several studies show that children's BMI is associated with the regulation of their autonomic nervous system (ANS).…”

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“…2,25,26 In a Canadian cohort study of children from 5 months to 8 years of age, children who rapidly gained weight after 2.5 years were more likely to be obese by 8 years of age, compared to children who moderately gained weight or had stable BMIs. 2 In a US cohort study of 2 to 12 year olds, those children who were overweight during their preschool years were five times more likely to be overweight at 12 years of age.…”

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Latino Children's Body Mass Index at 2–3.5 Years Predicts Sympathetic Nervous System Activity at 5 Years

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Background: To understand whether the relationship between young children's autonomic nervous system (ANS) responses predicted their BMI, or vice versa, the association between standardized BMI (zBMI) at 2, 3.5, and 5 years of age and ANS reactivity at 3.5-5 years of age, and whether zBMI predicts later ANS reactivity or whether early ANS reactivity predicts later zBMI, was studied.Methods: Low-income, primarily Latino children (n = 112) were part of a larger cohort study of mothers recruited during early pregnancy. Study measures included maternal prenatal weight, children's health behaviors (i.e., time watching television, fast food consumption, and time playing outdoors), children's height and weight at 2, 3.5, and 5 years, and children's ANS reactivity at 3.5 and 5 years. ANS measures of sympathetic nervous system (i.e., pre-ejection period) and parasympathetic nervous system (i.e., respiratory sinus arrhythmia) activity were monitored during rest and four challenges. Reactivity was calculated as the difference between mean challenge response and rest. Structural equation models analyzed the relationship between children's zBMI at 2, 3.5, and 5 years and ANS reactivity at 3.5 and 5 years, adjusting for mother's BMI, children's behaviors, and changes in height.Results: There was no association between zBMI and ANS cross-sectionally. Children with high zBMI at 2 or 3.5 years or large zBMI increases from 2 to 3.5 years of age had decreased sympathetic activity at 5 years. Neither sympathetic nor parasympathetic reactivity at 3.5 years predicted later zBMI.Conclusions: Increased zBMI early in childhood may dampen young children's SNS responses later in life.

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“…1 -12 Previous studies have identified 3 broad types of trajectories: a majority group with "healthy" BMI throughout childhood, groups who develop BMI in the overweight range at some point during childhood, and those with BMI in the overweight or obese range throughout childhood. 1 -6 Underlying influences on different patterns of BMI development are not well understood, but factors reported to predict childhood BMI trajectories include mother's BMI, 1,3,5,6,8,10,11 smoking during pregnancy, 1,5,6 and sociodemographic background. 1 -5, 12 Previous work suggests that a range of early life factors including infant feeding, diet, physical activity, and family routines are associated with child overweight and obesity.…”

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BMI Development and Early Adolescent Psychosocial Well-Being: UK Millennium Cohort Study

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The underlying influences on different patterns of BMI development are not well understood, and psychosocial outcomes linked to BMI development have been little investigated. Objectives were to identify BMI developmental trajectories across the first decade of life, examine early life predictors of trajectory membership, and investigate whether being on a particular BMI trajectory is associated with markers of psychosocial well-being.

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Developmental Trajectories of Body Mass Index in Early Childhood and Their Risk Factors

Cited by 133 publications

References 46 publications

Trajectories of Body Mass Index from Young Adulthood to Middle Age among Canadian Men and Women

Trajectories of Body Mass Index from Young Adulthood to Middle Age among Canadian Men and Women

Latino Children's Body Mass Index at 2–3.5 Years Predicts Sympathetic Nervous System Activity at 5 Years

BMI Development and Early Adolescent Psychosocial Well-Being: UK Millennium Cohort Study

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