Stronger influence of maternal than paternal obesity on infant and early childhood body mass index: the Fels Longitudinal Study.

ABSTRACT:

What is already known about this subject

Excessive early childhood adiposity is a prevalent and increasing concern in many parts of the world. Parental obesity is one of the several factors previously associated with infant and early childhood weight, length and adiposity. Parental obesity represents a surrogate marker of the complex interplay among genetic, epigenetic and shared environmental factors, and is potentially modifiable. The relative contributions of maternal and paternal body mass index (BMI) to infant and early childhood growth, as well as the timing of such effects, have not been firmly established.

What this study adds

Utilizing serial infant measurements and growth curve modelling, this is the largest study to fully characterize and formally compare associat

SUBMITTER: Linabery AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3765070 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature