Early life predictors of body composition trajectories from adolescence to mid-adulthood.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Guatemala has experienced rapid increases in adult obesity. We characterized body composition trajectories from adolescence to mid-adulthood and determined the predictive role of parental characteristics, early life factors, and a nutrition intervention.

Methods

One thousand three hundred and sixty-four individuals who participated as children in a nutrition trial (1969-1977) were followed prospectively. Body composition characterized as body mass index (BMI), fat mass index (FMI), and fat-free mass indices (FFMI), was available at four ages between 10 and 55 years. We applied latent class growth analysis to derive sex-specific body composition trajectories. We estimated associations between parental (age, height, schooling) and self-characteristics (birth order,

SUBMITTER: Poveda NE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10764641 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature