eprintid: 14548
rev_number: 29
eprint_status: archive
userid: 587
dir: disk0/00/01/45/48
datestamp: 2009-02-19 15:45:12
lastmod: 2015-07-24 14:57:13
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type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Cole, T.J.
creators_id: TJCOL43
title: Early causes of child obesity and implications for prevention
ispublished: pub
subjects: 25300
divisions: IC7C
keywords: Appetite, child obesity, infant growth, intergenerational obesity, Leptin
note: Author Posting. © T.J. Cole 2007. This is the author's version of the work. For full bibliographic citation, please refer to Acta Paediatrica, 96 (s454), 2-4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00162.x. Special supplement containing some of the papers presented at the the Second Pediatric Obesity Conference (SPOC) 2006, Malmö, Sweden, March 2006.
abstract: Child obesity is becoming a serious public health concern, and major research effort is being devoted both to understand its aetiology and to improve the effectiveness of prevention strategies. Early growth patterns, both prenatally and postnatally, are emerging as important markers of later obesity risk, with rapid neonatal weight gain a clear risk factor for later obesity and metabolic syndrome. Thus, in two distinct senses child obesity is a growing problem. The paper summarises current evidence on growth pattern and obesity, relating it to infant feeding practice and appetite regulation, and highlights the areas in which public health interventions are feasible. Of the conclusions drawn, one involves a futuristic solution to child obesity where neonates are given an infusion of the hormone leptin to reset their appetite regulation.
date: 2007-04
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00162.x
vfaculties: VFPHS
oa_status: green
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00162.x
lyricists_name: Cole, T
lyricists_id: TJCOL43
full_text_status: public
publication: Acta Paediatrica
volume: 96
number: s454
pagerange: 2-4
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0803-5326
citation:        Cole, T.J.;      (2007)    Early causes of child obesity and implications for prevention.                   Acta Paediatrica , 96  (s454)   pp. 2-4.    10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00162.x <https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00162.x>.       Green open access   
 
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