Relation of activity levels to body fat in infants 6 to 12 months of age

Li, Ruowei; O’Connor, Lisa; Buckley, Donna J.; Specker, Bonny

doi:10.1016/s0022-3476(95)70447-7

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“…If there is a relationship, does low physical activity precede body fat or does high body fat precede inactivity? Studies of young children have demonstrated a link between low activity at 3 and 4 years of age and overweight at 8 years, 46 yet Li et al 47 reported lower activity levels at 12 months of age if overweight at 6 and 9 months of age. Further studies are required.…”

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Pedometer-Determined Physical Activity, BMI, and Waist Girth in 7- to 16-Year-Old Children and Adolescents

Hands¹,

Parker²

2008

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

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Background: Different approaches to measuring physical activity and fatness in youth have resulted in studies reporting relationships ranging from very strong to nonexistent. Methods: The sample comprised 787 boys and 752 girls between the ages of 7 and 16 years. Pedometer-determined physical activity, height, weight, and waist girth measures were taken. Results: Significant differences were found in activity level between body mass index-determined weight categories for the girls (F 1,742 = 9.07, P = .003) but not for the boys (F 1,777 = 3.59, P = .06) and between truncal adiposity groupings for the boys (F 1,777 = 4.69, P = .03) and the girls (F 1,742 = 13.56, P = .000). Conclusions: The relationship between physical activity and body fatness differs according to the measure used and between boys and girls. Factors contributing to body fatness such as eating behaviors or sedentary activities might be more important among boys than girls.

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confidence: 99%

Pedometer-Determined Physical Activity, BMI, and Waist Girth in 7- to 16-Year-Old Children and Adolescents

Hands¹,

Parker²

2008

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

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“…In developmental psychology, the amount and vigor of motor activity an infant engages in are considered attributes of temperament that are generally linked to genotype (Wachs, 1990;Buss & Plomin, 1984). Among well-nourished breast-fed infants there is no relationship between energy intake and activity level (Dewey et al, 1991), although there is some evidence of an inverse relationship between body fat and activity in infancy (Li et al, 1995).…”

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A developmental view of the undernourished child: background and purpose of the study in Pangalengan, Indonesia

Pollitt

2000

Eur J Clin Nutr

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Objectives: This is the ®rst of a series of reports published in this supplement of an experimental study to test the validity of a conceptual model about the intellectual delay of undernourished children. This paper describes the model and outlines its empirical and theoretical basis. The model provides a conceptual framework for the multiple relationships among growth and developmental domains presumably affected by malnutrition. It allows for a statistical statement regarding the goodness of ®t between data and theory. The model also identi®es particular hypotheses regarding multiple distinct pathways of human development. The following questions were addressed: (1) what are the effects of early supplementary feeding on the physical growth, motor development and activity, mental development and behavior of infants and toddlers who are nutritionally at risk? (2) What are the effects of a micronutrient supplement in the presence and absence of a high-energy supplement? (3) What are the moderating effects of developmental level and timing of the intervention. Design: The study was a randomized clinical trial involving two cohorts (12 and 18 months old) of nutritionallyat-risk children living in Pangalengan, West Java, Indonesia and three types of supplements: condensed milk micronutrients; skimmed milk micronutrients; and skimmed milk. The children were tested every 2 months for a period of 12 months.

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“…43 Both physical activity level and diet may affect subcutaneous and total fatness in different ways, and furthermore fatness has been shown to have a stronger effect on activity level in infants than vice versa. 7,8 The relationship between fatness and energy balance in infants and young children is complex and remains poorly understood.…”

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Investigation of the relationship between infant temperament and later body composition

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the ability of maternally-rated infant temperament to predict fatness and activity patterns in early childhood. DESIGN: Longitudinal investigation of infants studied at 12 weeks and followed up at 2±3.5 y of age. SUBJECTS: Thirty healthy full-term infants from the general population. MEASUREMENTS: Body composition, behavioural activity and temperament at 12 weeks; anthropometry, body composition, diet and behavioural activity at follow-up. RESULTS: Infant temperament predicted later behaviour and fatness. Easily soothable infants had leaner childhood skinfold thicknesses (P`0.02) and were more active in childhood (P`0.025). Infant distress was also related to childhood diet composition. CONCLUSIONS: Infant temperament can predict later body composition and behaviour. Both energy intake and energy expenditure may be mechanisms by which the relationship develops.

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Relation of activity levels to body fat in infants 6 to 12 months of age

Cited by 63 publications

References 17 publications

Pedometer-Determined Physical Activity, BMI, and Waist Girth in 7- to 16-Year-Old Children and Adolescents

Pedometer-Determined Physical Activity, BMI, and Waist Girth in 7- to 16-Year-Old Children and Adolescents

A developmental view of the undernourished child: background and purpose of the study in Pangalengan, Indonesia

Investigation of the relationship between infant temperament and later body composition

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