Early-life determinants of excessive weight gain among low-income children: Examining the adherence of theoretical frameworks to empirical data using structural equation modelling.
Bruna Larine Lemos Fontes Silva DouradoJayanne Mayara Magalhães de MeloGiovana Longo-SilvaRísia Cristina Egito de MenezesJonas Augusto Cardoso da SilveiraPublished in: Pediatric obesity (2022)
In this low-income population, women who were frequent users of UPF tended to introduce these products more frequently into their children's diets. The early trade-off trend in children's diet between breastfeeding and UPF was the leading cause of excessive weight gain.