The positive association of infant weight gain with adulthood body mass index has strengthened over time in the Fels Longitudinal Study.
K LucasP JamesA C ChohM LeeS A CzerwinskiE W DemerathWilliam JohnsonPublished in: Pediatric obesity (2018)
The infant weight gain-adulthood BMI association was over two times stronger among a cohort born during the obesity epidemic era compared with cohorts born earlier in the 20th century.