Longitudinal study of thinness from birth to early childhood: the association with parental thinness

Kato, Rena; Kubota, Masaru; Higashiyama, Yukie; Nagai, Ayako

doi:10.1111/apa.12810

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“…The presence of maternal overweight and obesity during childhood has been reported as a risk factor for child obesity [39,[65][66][67]. In this context, the present study also showed that maternal overweight/obesity at their child's pre-adolescence was associated with high odds of child and adolescent obesity, second to those found for the pre-pregnancy.…”

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The Association of Maternal Weight Status throughout the Life-Course with the Development of Childhood Obesity: A Secondary Analysis of the Healthy Growth Study Data

Mannino,

Sarapis,

Mourouti

et al. 2023

Nutrients

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Maternal weight-status at various time-points may influence child obesity development, however the most critical time-point remains unidentified. We used data from the Healthy Growth Study, a cross-sectional study of 2666 Greek schoolchildren aged 9–13 years, exploring associations between childhood obesity and maternal weight-status at pre-pregnancy, during pregnancy/gestational weight gain, and at the child’s pre-adolescence. Logistic regression analyses examined associations between maternal weight-status being “below” or “above” the recommended cut-off points (WHO BMI thresholds or IOM cut-off points), at the three time-points, individually or combined into weight-status trajectory groups to determine the strongest associations with child obesity in pre-adolescence. Adjusted models found significant associations and the highest odds ratios [95% Confidence Intervals] for mothers affected by obesity before pregnancy (4.16 [2.47, 7.02]), those with excessive gestational weight gain during pregnancy (1.50 [1.08, 2.08]), and those affected by obesity at their child’s pre-adolescence (3.3 [2.29, 4.87]). When combining these weight-status groups, mothers who were above–above–below (3.24 [1.10, 9.55]), and above–above–above (3.07 [1.95, 4.85]) the healthy weight recommendation-based thresholds in each time-point, had a three-fold higher likelihood of child obesity, compared to the below–below–below trajectory group. Maternal obesity across all examined time-points was significantly associated with childhood obesity. Effective childhood obesity preventive initiatives should commence at pre-conception, targeting maternal weight throughout the life-course and childhood developmental stages.

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The Association of Maternal Weight Status throughout the Life-Course with the Development of Childhood Obesity: A Secondary Analysis of the Healthy Growth Study Data

Mannino,

Sarapis,

Mourouti

et al. 2023

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“…Their birth weight was required to be ≥2.5 kg and <4.0 kg. The details of these participants and the method of data collection are available elsewhere [21].…”

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Underweight and Obesity in Low Birth Weight Children in Early Infancy in Japan

Kato¹,

Kubota²,

Saito³

et al. 2015

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Introduction: Although there are several reports on the prevalence of underweight or obesity in low birth weight (LBW, <2.5 kg) children, there are few longitudinal studies from birth to early infancy. Methods: We enrolled 177 (93 boys) LBW and 2485 (1267 boys) normal birth weight (NBW, ≥2.5 and <4.0 kg) children. Height and weight data at birth and at 1.5, 3.5, and 5 years were obtained from mother-health child records. Underweight and obesity were defined as <5 th percentile and ≥90 th percentile of the body mass index (BMI), respectively, based on reference values for Japanese children. Results: LBW children had accelerated growth from birth to age 3.5 years, but at Age 5, both sexes had significantly lesser height and weight z-scores, with notably lesser BMI percentile scores for girls, compared with NBW children. The prevalence of underweight was significantly higher in the LBW children throughout the study period. There were no significant differences in the prevalence of obesity between the two groups, except for at birth. Multiple regression analysis revealed that small-for-gestational age was associated with underweight at Age 5 years. Conclusions: This study indicates that, up to Age 5, underweight is a more serious problem than obesity in LBW children. Our results suggest that careful observation of growth from early infancy is necessary to prevent the occurrence of underweight in early infancy.

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“…Analysis of the effect size showed only a small effect size for sex. The values of anthropological parameters of younger school age were presented in other countries, e.g., from Africa (Nigeria) [17,18]; from South America (Brazil) [38,40]; from Taiwan [11]; from India [31,57]; from Malaysia [9]; from Ireland [42]; from Japan [29,30,39]; and from Turkey [27].…”

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“…During the ontogeny of an individual, changes in body structure occur depending on sex, populations, and ethnic groups [1,3,4,5,8,18,20,24,38,40,44,45,46,48,50,52,56]. Therefore, reference charts are necessary for pediatric monitoring of child growth and development [9,11,29,30]. Based on anthropometric measurements, monitoring and evaluation of healthy development and performance of children in the Czech Republic and Slovakia were also carried out [7, 12, 25 35].…”

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Anthropometry of Romany school age children from eastern Slovakia

Duranková

Csanády

Ružbarská

2023

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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Study aim: The aim of the study was to perform an anthropometric analysis of children of the minority population of younger school age from eastern Slovakia. Material and methods: The main aim of the study was to perform an anthropometric analysis of 6–10-year-old Romany children at primary schools in eastern Slovakia. In the study, we evaluated twenty measured anthropometric parameters in a group that consisted of 150 children (59 boys and 91 girls). Results: We compared the differences between the sexes and evaluated the body size effect between sexes. We found that in most of the measured parameters, the boys had higher average values. Conclusions: Our results confirmed differences in size for most somatic characteristics in the minority Slovak population. However, in order to confirm the findings, it will be necessary in future to evaluate a larger sample of children from Slovakia.

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Longitudinal study of thinness from birth to early childhood: the association with parental thinness

Abstract: Careful observation of body weight from birth is important to reduce thinness at 5 years of age. Paternal thinness may be a risk factor for thinness in boys.

Cited by 9 publications

References 27 publications

The Association of Maternal Weight Status throughout the Life-Course with the Development of Childhood Obesity: A Secondary Analysis of the Healthy Growth Study Data

The Association of Maternal Weight Status throughout the Life-Course with the Development of Childhood Obesity: A Secondary Analysis of the Healthy Growth Study Data

Underweight and Obesity in Low Birth Weight Children in Early Infancy in Japan

Anthropometry of Romany school age children from eastern Slovakia

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