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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 Johnson
Published 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.
Keyphrases
  • weight gain
  • body mass index
  • birth weight
  • depressive symptoms
  • physical activity
  • low birth weight
  • early life
  • metabolic syndrome
  • high fat diet induced
  • preterm birth