The relationship between famine exposure during early life and body mass index in adulthood: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous epidemiologic studies have reported famine exposure during early life association with overweight or obesity in adulthood, but a consistent perspective has not been established to date.

Purpose

To determine, by conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis, whether exposure to famine could increase body mass index (BMI) in adult or not, and assess the association between famine exposure and the risk of overweight or obesity.

Methods

Published articles were systematically searched (until August, 2017) from PubMed, ScienceDirect, Cochrane, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure. Initially, comparing differences in BMI between exposed and non-exposed groups that weight mean difference (WMD) were used. Subsequently, the effect of famine exposur

SUBMITTER: Zhou J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5800668 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature