Early life risk factors for childhood obesity-Does physical activity modify the associations? The MoBa cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

High maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), high birth weight, and rapid infant weight gain are associated with increased risk of childhood obesity. We examined whether moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) or vigorous physical activity (VPA) in 9- to 12-year-olds modified the associations between these early life risk factors and subsequent body composition and BMI.

Methods

We used data from a sub-cohort of the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa), including 445 children with available data on accelerometer assessed physical activity (PA). All participants had data on BMI, 186 of them provided data on body composition (dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA)). We used multiple regression analyses to examine the modifying effect of PA by in

SUBMITTER: Bernhardsen GP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6852336 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature