Open AccessVariability and rapid increase in body mass index during childhood are associated with adult obesity
Author(s) -
Shengxu Li,
Wei Chen,
Dianjianyi Sun,
Camilo Fernandez,
Jian Li,
Tanika N. Kelly,
Jiang He,
Marie KrouselWood,
Paul K. Whelton
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyv202
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , waist , obesity , childhood obesity , confidence interval , quartile , odds ratio , cohort , cohort study , demography , overweight , pediatrics , sociology
Body mass index (BMI) in childhood predicts obesity in adults, but it is unknown whether rapid increase and variability in BMI during childhood are independent predictors of adult obesity.
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