Early childhood infections and body mass index in adolescence.

Annemarijn C Prins-van GinkelAlet H WijgaPatricia C J Bruijning-VerhagenBert BrunekreefUlrike GehringWim van der HoekGerard H KoppelmannLenie van RossemMarianne Antonia Bernada van der SandeHenriëtte A Smit

Published in: International journal of obesity (2005) (2021)

For all infectious disease measures an increase in BMI z-score for the highest childhood exposure to infectious disease was observed, although only statistically significant for parent-reported infections. These results do not show an evident link with infection severity, but suggest a possible cumulative effect of repeated symptomatic infections on overweight development.

Keyphrases

infectious diseases
body mass index
weight gain
physical activity
depressive symptoms
weight loss
young adults