eprintid: 7665
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creators_name: Baird, J
creators_name: Fisher, D
creators_name: Lucas, P
creators_name: Kleijnen, J
creators_name: Roberts, H
creators_name: Law, C
title: Being big or growing fast: systematic review of size and growth in infancy and later obesity.
ispublished: pub
subjects: 25300
divisions: UCL
divisions: B02
divisions: D65
divisions: J38
divisions: D13
divisions: G25
keywords: Adolescent, Adult, Body Mass Index, Body Weight, Child, Growth, Humans, Infant, Obesity, Risk Assessment
abstract: OBJECTIVES: To assess the association between infant size or growth and subsequent obesity and to determine if any association has been stable over time. DESIGN: Systematic review. DATA SOURCES: Medline, Embase, bibliographies of included studies, contact with first authors of included studies and other experts. INCLUSION CRITERIA: Studies that assessed the relation between infant size or growth during the first two years of life and subsequent obesity. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Obesity at any age after infancy. RESULTS: 24 studies met the inclusion criteria (22 cohort and two case-control studies). Of these, 18 assessed the relation between infant size and subsequent obesity, most showing that infants who were defined as "obese" or who were at the highest end of the distribution for weight or body mass index were at increased risk of obesity. Compared with non-obese infants, in those who had been obese odds ratios or relative risks for subsequent obesity ranged from 1.35 to 9.38. Ten studies assessed the relation of infant growth with subsequent obesity and most showed that infants who grew more rapidly were at increased risk of obesity. Compared with other infants, in infants with rapid growth odds ratios and relative risks of later obesity ranged from 1.17 to 5.70. Associations were consistent for obesity at different ages and for people born over a period from 1927 to 1994. CONCLUSIONS: Infants who are at the highest end of the distribution for weight or body mass index or who grow rapidly during infancy are at increased risk of subsequent obesity.
date: 2005-10-22
date_type: published
vfaculties: VFPHS
rae2008: 4
oa_status: green
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
article_type_text: Journal Article
elements_source: PubMed
elements_id: 25028
doi: 10.1136/bmj.38586.411273.E0
pii: bmj.38586.411273.E0
lyricists_name: Fisher, David
lyricists_name: Law, Catherine
lyricists_name: Roberts, Helen
lyricists_id: DFISH32
lyricists_id: CLAWX59
lyricists_id: HROBE33
full_text_status: public
publication: BMJ
volume: 331
number: 7522
pagerange: 929-
event_location: England
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1756-1833
citation:        Baird, J;    Fisher, D;    Lucas, P;    Kleijnen, J;    Roberts, H;    Law, C;      (2005)    Being big or growing fast: systematic review of size and growth in infancy and later obesity.                   BMJ , 331  (7522)   929-.    10.1136/bmj.38586.411273.E0 <https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38586.411273.E0>.       Green open access   
 
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