Relative effects of postnatal rapid growth and maternal factors on early childhood growth trajectories.
Miaobing ZhengSteven J BoweKylie D HeskethKristy BoltonRachel LawsPeter KremerKen K OngSandrine LioretElizabeth Denney-WilsonKaren J CampbellPublished in: Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology (2019)
Children who experienced rapid growth from birth to 3 months, whose mothers were Australian-born or whose mothers were overweight/obese pre-pregnancy demonstrated less favourable growth trajectories across early childhood, potentially predispose them for development of future obesity.
Keyphrases
- weight loss
- metabolic syndrome
- type diabetes
- depressive symptoms
- adipose tissue
- insulin resistance
- physical activity
- pregnancy outcomes
- preterm infants
- pregnant women
- weight gain
- bariatric surgery
- skeletal muscle
- low birth weight
- high fat diet induced
- obese patients
- quantum dots
- loop mediated isothermal amplification