Promotion of Faster Weight Gain in Infants Born Small for Gestational Age | Zendy

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Promotion of Faster Weight Gain in Infants Born Small for Gestational Age

Author(s) -

Atul Singhal,

Tim Cole,

Mary Fewtrell,

Kathy Kennedy,

Terence Stephenson,

A C Elias-Jones,

Alan Lucas

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.106.617811

Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , birth weight , weight gain , gestational age , small for gestational age , low birth weight , pediatrics , confounding , cohort , pregnancy , body weight , genetics , biology

Being born small for gestational age is associated with later risk factors for cardiovascular disease, such as high blood pressure. Promotion of postnatal growth has been proposed to ameliorate these effects. There is evidence in animals and infants born prematurely, however, that promotion of growth by increased postnatal nutrition increases rather than decreases later cardiovascular risk. We report the long-term impact of growth promotion in term infants born small for gestational age (birth weight <10th percentile).

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