Premature birth was not associated with increased body fatness in four-year-old boys and girls.
Elisabet Katarina ForsumEva FlinkeElisabeth Olhagernull nullPublished in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2019)
Prematurity was not associated with increased body fatness in our four-year-olds. Our findings are relevant in relation to previously published results showing that premature birth is associated with chronic disease later in life.