Even transient rapid infancy weight gain is associated with higher BMI in young adults and earlier menarche

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 939-944

  Salgin, B ^a,b   Norris, S A ^c   Prentice, P ^a   Pettifor, J M ^c   Richter, L M ^c,d   Ong, K K ^a,e   Dunger, D B ^a,c  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e MRC EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT FREE MASS; FAT MASS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MENARCHE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF EVALUATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICAN; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; OBESITY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENARCHE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOUTH AFRICA; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84930753744     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2015.25     Document Type: Article

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