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Body Composition Growth Patterns in Early Infancy: A Latent Class Trajectory Analysis of the Ethiopian iABC Birth Cohort.

Gregers Stig AndersenRasmus WibaekPernille KaestelTsinuel GirmaBitiya AdmassuMubarek AberaDorte VistisenMarit Eika JørgensenKim F MichaelsenHenrik FriisJonathan C K Wells
Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2018)
We identified distinct patterns of delayed, catch-up, and accelerated fat growth in early infancy. This variability is not detected in regular anthropometric assessment and could be a mechanism linking early growth with later obesity and cardiometabolic risk.
Keyphrases
  • body composition
  • weight gain
  • resistance training
  • bone mineral density
  • type diabetes
  • insulin resistance
  • adipose tissue
  • skeletal muscle
  • high fat diet induced
  • breast cancer risk