Relationship between body mass index at age 3 years and body composition at age 11 years among Japanese children: the Shizuoka population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A few studies reported an association between body weight during early childhood and body composition in later life, as measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA); however, none of those studies investigated an East Asian population. In a Japanese population, we examined the association between body weight at age 3 years and body composition at age 11 years, as measured using DXA.

Methods

The source population was 726 fifth-grade school children enrolled at 3 public schools in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan from 2008-2010. All children who lived in the study area went to 1 of these 3 schools. DXA was used to obtain data on body composition, and the Maternal and Child Health Handbook was used to calculate body mass index (BMI). The general linear model was used

SUBMITTER: Kouda K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3798635 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature