Rapid infant weight gain and early childhood obesity in low-income Latinos and non-Latinos

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ID15094647
AuthorsSarah Polk (0000-0001-9612-0979, Johns Hopkins University, corresponding author), Rachel Johnson Thornton, Rachel Thornton (0000-0001-9472-3880, Johns Hopkins University), Laura E Caulfield (0000-0001-7152-1004, Johns Hopkins University), Laura Caulfield (0000-0001-9450-9374), Alvaro Muñoz (0000-0002-4037-0490, Johns Hopkins University)
Year2016
Volume19
Issue10
Pages1777-1784
Publication date2016-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePublic Health Nutrition (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1368-9800 • E-ISSN: 1475-2727
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1368980015003201
PMID27231870
OpenAlexW2397779725
LanguageEN
References cited31

Objective To examine the growth of infants and toddlers in a population that is both under-represented in the literature and at high risk for childhood obesity. Design Weight and height measurements were extracted from all visits for a sample of 0–4-year-old, low-income, Latino and non-Latino patients of an urban, academic general paediatric practice. Early growth was characterized as change in weight-for-length Z -score (WLZ) from birth to 3 years. The outcome of interest was BMI Z -score (BMIZ) at age 3 years. Mixed-effects models and multivariate linear regression were used to analyse the association between infant growth and early childhood obesity. Setting Baltimore, MD, USA. Subjects Latino ( n 210) and non-Latino ( n 253) children, born in 2003–2004. Results An increase in WLZ from birth to 2 years was observed for this cohort as well as a high incidence of overweight and obesity. WLZ at birth and change in WLZ from birth to 2 years were both significantly and positively associated with increases in BMIZ at 3 years of age. The effect of the change in WLZ was twofold higher than the effect of WLZ at birth. Conclusions An increase in WLZ during the first 2 years of life increased the risk of early childhood obesity. Latino children had a higher incidence of early childhood obesity than non-Latino children in this low-income sample

Childhood obesity · Environmental health · Incidence (geometry · Obesity · Overweight · Population · Birth, Development, and Health · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues · Demography · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics

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