National, longitudinal NASCITA birth cohort study: prevalence of overweight at 12 months of age in children born healthy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the prevalence of overweight at 12 months in an Italian birth cohort and to identify factors related to an increased likelihood of being overweight.

Methods

The Italian NASCITA birth cohort was analysed. Infants were classified as underweight (<5th), normal weight (5-84th) and overweight (≥85th centile) at 12 months of age according to the WHO percentiles of body mass index (BMI) and the prevalence of overweight was estimated. To test the association between the chance of being overweight and parental and newborn characteristics, and infant feeding, healthy newborns (no preterm/low birth weight and with no malformations), with appropriate-for-gestational-age birth weight were selected, and univariate and multivariate analyses were performed.

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SUBMITTER: Clavenna A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9814999 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature