Infant body mass index growth patterns predicted overweight at five years, waist-to-height ratio did not add to this predictivity.

Annelie LindholmStefan BergmanBernt AlmGerd Almquist-TangenJovanna DahlgrenJosefine Roswall

Published in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2018)

Overweight or obesity at five years could be predicted by early BMI-SDS growth patterns, and WHtR-SDS did not add to the predictivity with regard to BMI-SDS.

Keyphrases

body mass index
weight gain
weight loss
physical activity
high fat diet induced