Secular trends of body mass index in North Indian children with Type 1 diabetes do not support the Accelerator Hypothesis.

Devi DayalMadhusudan SamprathiDhaarani JayaramanDilesh KohatAnil Kumar Bhalla

Published in: Clinical endocrinology (2015)

There was no association between BMI SDS and age at diagnosis in children with new onset T1D. Further studies are needed to test whether the accelerator hypothesis is relevant in developing countries.

Keyphrases

body mass index
young adults
weight gain
physical activity
tertiary care
weight loss