“…All four studies 25,29,34,59 which investigated BW and weight in later life indicated that later weight gain was higher in the SGA than in the AGA group, and in three of them 29,34,59 the findings were significant. Moreover, of eight studies 21,25,30,36,39,42,48,55 investigating the relationship between BW and BMI in adolescence, five 25,36,42,48,55 reported that mean BMI was higher in the SGA than in the AGA group, and the findings were significant in four of them. 36,42,48,55 In three other studies 21,30,39 in which mean BMI was non-significantly lower in the SGA than in the AGA group, the increase in BMI was more prevalent in the SGA group.…”