Acceleration of BMI in Early Childhood and Risk of Sustained Obesity

Geserick, Mandy; Vogel, Mandy; Gausche, Ruth; Lipek, Tobias; Spielau, Ulrike; Keller, Eberhard; Pfäffle, Roland; Kieß, Wieland; Körner, Antje

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1803527

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Acceleration of BMI in Early Childhood and Risk of Sustained Obesity

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Oct 3, 2018

Authors:

Mandy Geserick

Mandy Vogel

Ruth Gausche

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The dynamics of body-mass index (BMI) in children from birth to adolescence are unclear, and whether susceptibility for the development of sustained obesity occurs at a specific age in children is important to determine. METHODS: To assess the age at onset of obesity, we performed prospe...

Subject

Obesity

Childhood obesity

Medicine

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