Being big or growing fast: systematic review of size and growth in infancy and later obesity
By J. Baird, D. Fisher, P. Lucas, J. Kleijnen, Helen Roberts, C. Law. British medical journal, 2005
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Subfields: Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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- Systematic review and meta-analyses of risk factors for childhood overweight identifiable during infancy (2012, background): “Our future research will focus on exploring the validity and feasibility of identifying infants at risk of developing childhood overweight in clinical practice.”
- Breast-feeding: A Commentary by the ESPGHAN Committee on Nutrition (2009, background): “A number of studies have found associations between a high growth velocity during the first months of life and an increased risk of noncommunicable diseases later in life (34,35).”
- Rapid infancy weight gain and subsequent obesity: Systematic reviews and hopeful suggestions (2006, background): “Two systematic reviews in 2005 found consistent evidence for the association between infancy or early childhood weight gain and subsequent obesity risk [4,5].”
- Early‐life determinants of overweight and obesity: a review of systematic reviews (2010, background): “A systematic review by Baird and colleagues assessed the association between infant size or growth and subsequent overweight or obesity in 24 studies meeting their inclusion criteria (22 cohort and two case–control studies) (50).”
- Ten Putative Contributors to the Obesity Epidemic (2009, neutral): “Numerous studies, summarized in systematic reviews and meta-analyses (Baird et al., 2005; Monteiro et al., 2005; Ong et al., 2006; Stettler, 2007), have shown that rapid weight gain during early infancy is associated with susceptibility to obesity in adulthood.”