Fat babies and fat children. The prognosis of obesity in the very young.

Being big or growing fast: systematic review of size and growth in infancy and later obesity

“…Six studies focused on obesity in childhood up to the age of 10: four of these defined obesity according to weight for height17 18 20 23 and two according to body mass index 6 22. Five studies focused on obesity in adolescence (9-18 years), three defining obesity by body mass index14 15 19 and two using weight 24 25.…”

Influence of some social and environmental factors on the nutrient intake and nutritional status of schoolchildren.

“…It could be that the differences in nutritional status developed at an earlier period in life, before the children became fatherless. There is evidence that childhood obesity may be related to feeding patterns in the first year of life (Shukla et al, 1972;Asher, 1966), but our data did not allow any detailed analysis of the relationship of anthropometric findings to earlier dietary habits. There may also be a bias in that children have fat fathers, who experience higher mortality, and this is supported by the finding that children whose fathers had died were most likely to be obese.…”

Adipositas im Kindesalter

“…Hingegen sind etwa ein Fünftel der 6 Monate alten Kinder mit einem Gewicht über P 90 mit 5 Jahren adipös, und von den adipösen Fünfjährigen sind rund 50% auch noch als 10-und 15jährige übergewichtig. Aus katamnestischen Angaben von 296 adipösen Kindern ist zu erfahren, dass 44% schon als Säuglinge adipös waren [6].…”