Birth Weight, Growth and Feeding Pattern in Early Infancy Predict Overweight/Obesity Status at Two Years of Age: A Birth Cohort Study of Chinese Infants

Zhang, Jianduan; H. Himes, John; Guo, Yuan; Jiang, Jing-xiong; Liu, Yang; Lu, Qiaozhen; Ruan, Haiyan; Shi, Shuhua

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064542

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Birth Weight, Growth and Feeding Pattern in Early Infancy Predict Overweight/Obesity Status at Two Years of Age: A Birth Cohort Study of Chinese Infants

Published in PLoS ONE • Jun 5, 2013

Authors:

Jianduan Zhang

John H. Himes

Yuan Guo

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the early determinants of overweight and obesity status at age two years. METHODS: A total of 1098 healthy neonates (563 boys and 535 girls) were involved in this community-based prospective study in China. Data on body weight and length were collected at birth, the 3(rd) ...

Subject

Overweight

Medicine

Obesity

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