• norsk
    • English
  • English 
    • norsk
    • English
  • Login
View Item 
  •   Home
  • Fakultet for helsevitenskap (HV)
  • HV - Institutt for sykepleie og helsefremmende arbeid
  • View Item
  •   Home
  • Fakultet for helsevitenskap (HV)
  • HV - Institutt for sykepleie og helsefremmende arbeid
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

Important periods of weight development in childhood: a population-based longitudinal study

Glavin, Kari; Roelants, Mathieu; Strand, Bjørn Heine; Juliusson, Petur Benedikt; Lie, Kari Kveim; Helseth, Sølvi; Hovengen, Ragnhild
Journal article, Peer reviewed
© 2014 glavin et al.; licensee bio med central ltd. this is an open access article distributed under the terms of the creative commons attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited.
Thumbnail
View/Open
1120748.pdf (227.4Kb)
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10642/2322
Date
2014
Metadata
Show full item record
Collections
  • HV - Institutt for sykepleie og helsefremmende arbeid [1293]
Original version
Glavin, K., Roelants, M., Strand, B. H., Júlíusson, P. B., Lie, K. K., Helseth, S., & Hovengen, R. (2014). Important periods of weight development in childhood: a population-based longitudinal study. BMC public health, 14(1), 160.   http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-160
Abstract
Background: Identifying important ages for the development of overweight is essential for optimizing preventive

efforts. The purpose of the study was to explore early growth characteristics in children who become overweight or

obese at the age of 8 years to identify important ages for the onset of overweight and obesity.

Methods: Data from the Norwegian Child Growth Study in 2010 (N = 3172) were linked with repeated

measurements from health records beginning at birth. Weight and height were used to derive the body mass

index (BMI) in kg/m2. The BMI standard deviation score (SDS) for each participant was estimated at specific target

ages, using a piecewise linear mixed effect model.

Results: At 8 years of age, 20.4% of the children were overweight or obese. Already at birth, overweight children

had a significantly higher mean BMI SDS than normal weight 8-year-olds (p < .001) and this difference increased in

consecutive age groups in infancy and childhood. A relatively large increase in BMI during the first 9 months was

identified as important for being overweight at 8 years. BMI SDS at birth was associated with overweight at 8 years

of age (OR, 1.8; 1.6–2.0), and with obesity (OR, 1.8; 1.4–2.3). The Odds Ratios for the BMI SDS and change in BMI SDS

further increased up to 1 year of age became very high from 2 years of age onwards.

Conclusions: A high birth weight and an increasing BMI SDS during the first 9 months and high BMI from 2 years

of age proved important landmarks for the onset of being overweight at 8 years of age. The risks of being

overweight at 8 years appear to start very early. Interventions to prevent children becoming overweight should not

only start at a very early age but also include the prenatal stage.
Publisher
Biomed Central
Series
BMC Public Health;14 (160)

Contact Us | Send Feedback

Privacy policy
DSpace software copyright © 2002-2019  DuraSpace

Service from  Unit
 

 

Browse

ArchiveCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsDocument TypesJournalsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsDocument TypesJournals

My Account

Login

Statistics

View Usage Statistics

Contact Us | Send Feedback

Privacy policy
DSpace software copyright © 2002-2019  DuraSpace

Service from  Unit