Growth from birth to adulthood and abdominal obesity in a Brazilian birth cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rapid weight gain in childhood may increase the risk of chronic adult diseases. Few studies have examined the effects of lifecourse weight gain on waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), or waist-to-hip ratio (WHR).

Objective

To evaluate the effects of birthweight and weight gain from birth to age 23 years on WC, HC, and WHR in young adults.

Design

Population-based birth cohort study started in 1982. A sample of 856 individuals was examined in 2006. Conditional growth analyses were carried out with adjustment for confounders. WC and HC were also mutually adjusted.

Results

Weight gains during all age ranges studied (birthweight, 0-2, 2-4, 4-15, 15-18/19, and 18/19-23 years) were positively associated with WC and HC in both sexes. These effec

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3448044 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature