Association between weight at birth and body composition in childhood: A Brazilian cohort study

Pereira-Freire, Joilane Alves; Lemos, Jesuana Oliveira; Sousa, Artemí­zia Francisca de; Meneses, Camila Carvalho; Rondó, Patrícia Helen de Carvalho

doi:10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2015.05.004

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“…Birth weight was a positive predictor of both FMI and FFMI at 4 years which is in line with some previous studies 17 , 59 , while other studies found an association between birth weight and FFM only 23 , 60 . However, since birth weight is the sum of both FM and FFM, it might not be a good indicator.…”

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confidence: 92%

Body composition during early infancy and its relation with body composition at 4 years of age in Jimma, an Ethiopian prospective cohort study

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Background/ObjectivesLow and high birth weight and rapid weight gain during infancy are associated with childhood obesity. Associations of birth and infancy body composition (BC) growth with childhood BC remain unknown in low-income countries. We aimed to investigate the associations of fat mass (FM) and fat-free mass (FFM) at birth and its accretion during early infancy with FM and FFM at the age of 4 years.MethodsIn the infant Anthropometry and Body Composition (iABC) cohort, BC was assessed at six consecutive time points from birth to 6 months and at 4 years of age by air displacement plethysmography. Multiple linear regression models were used to determine the association between FM and FFM at birth and their accretion rates during infancy and FM index (FMI) and FFM index (FFMI) at 4 years in 314 children.ResultsOne kilogram higher FFM at birth was associated with a 1.07 kg/m2 higher FFMI (95% CI 0.60, 1.55) at 4 years while a one SD increment in FFM accretion rate from 0 to 6 months was associated with a 0.24 kg/m2 increment in FFMI (95% CI 0.11, 0.36) and with a 0.20 kg/m2 higher FMI at 4 years (β = 0.20; 95% CI 0.04, 0.37). FFM at birth did not predict FMI at 4 years. FM at birth was associated with 1.17 kg/m2 higher FMI at 4 years (95% CI 0.13, 2.22) whereas FM accretion from 0 to 4 months was associated with an increase in FMI of 0.30 kg/m2 (95% CI 0.12, 0.47). FM at birth did not predict FFMI at 4 years, and neither did FM accretion from 0 to 4 months.ConclusionsA higher FFM in early infancy predicted higher FFMI at 4 years while a higher FM accretion during early infancy predicted higher FMI at 4 years. Follow-up studies are merited to explore associations of childhood BC with cardio-metabolic risk later in life.

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Body composition during early infancy and its relation with body composition at 4 years of age in Jimma, an Ethiopian prospective cohort study

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“…We did not observe any associations between birth weight for gestational age and body composition in childhood. This is similar to the results from Chomtho et al, but contrary to other studies . Eriksson et al observed an association between birth weight and fat mass in boys, but not in girls.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…This is similar to the results from Chomtho et al, 30 but contrary to other studies. 14,31 Eriksson et al 12 observed an association between birth weight and fat mass in boys, but not in girls. Neither of the studies observed an association between birth weight and measures of fat relative to fat-free or total body mass, 12,14,30,31 which is possibly explained by the association between birth weight and larger size in general, rather than specifically an association with adiposity.…”

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

Bernhardsen

Stensrud

Nystad

et al. 2019

Scandinavian Med Sci Sports

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ObjectivesHigh 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.MethodsWe 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 including interaction terms.ResultsMaternal pre‐pregnancy BMI and infant weight gain were more strongly related to childhood body composition in boys than in girls. Higher VPA attenuated the association between maternal pre‐pregnancy BMI and BMI in boys (low VPA: B = 0.32, 95% CI = 0.22, 0.41; high VPA B = 0.22, 95% CI = 0.12, 0.31). Birth weight was unrelated to childhood body composition, and there was no effect modification by PA. PA attenuated the associations between infant weight gain and childhood fat mass (low MVPA: B = 2.32, 95% CI = 0.48, 4.17; high MVPA: B = 1.00, 95% CI = 0.10, 1.90) and percent fat (low MVPA: B = 3.35, 95% CI = 0.56, 6.14; high MVPA: B = 1.41, 95% CI = −0.06, 2.87) in boys, but not girls.ConclusionFindings from this study suggest that MVPA and VPA may attenuate the increased risk of an unfavorable body composition and BMI due to high maternal pre‐pregnancy BMI and rapid infant weight gain in boys, but not in girls.

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“…In a prospective cohort study, 486 children were involved, and a higher birth weight was correlated with higher fat mass percentage and fat mass in later childhood that was measured by bioimpedance technique (12).…”

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Use of Bioimpedance in Pediatrics

Dirik¹,

Beyitler²

2018

Cyprus J Med Sci

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Bioimpedance analysis is an easy, rapid, cheap, noninvasive, effective, and portable technique that can be utilized in several pediatric health conditions. The fluid status evaluation, edema, obesity, malnutrition, inflammation, infection, pain, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, nephrourological evaluation, gastroesophageal reflux, and neonatal problems are some of the issues studied with bioimpedance. As the pediatric-age group is usually difficult to manage, such practical and accurate methods are promising for better results.

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Association between weight at birth and body composition in childhood: A Brazilian cohort study

Cited by 19 publications

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Body composition during early infancy and its relation with body composition at 4 years of age in Jimma, an Ethiopian prospective cohort study

Body composition during early infancy and its relation with body composition at 4 years of age in Jimma, an Ethiopian prospective cohort study

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

Use of Bioimpedance in Pediatrics

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