Prediction of childhood obesity by infancy weight gain: an individual-level meta-analysis.

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To assess the predictive ability of infant weight gain on subsequent obesity we performed a meta-analysis of individual-level data on 47,661 participants from 10 cohort studies from the UK, France, Finland, Sweden, the US and Seychelles. For each individual, weight SD scores at birth and age 1 year were calculated using the same external reference (British 1990). Childhood obesity was defined by International Obesity Task Force criteria. Each +1 unit increase in weight SD scores between 0 and...

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Authors: Druet, C; Stettler, N; Sharp, S; Simmons, R; Cooper, C

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 19-26
• Publication date: 2012-01-01
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2011.01213.x
• EISSN: 1365-3016
• ISSN: 0269-5022
• Language: English
• Keywords: Child; Predictive Value of Tests; Infant; Body Mass Index; Age Factors; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Regression Analysis; Humans; Cohort Studies; Weight Gain; Obesity; Birth Weight