Infant weight gain, duration of exclusive breast-feeding and childhood BMI - two similar follow-up cohorts
Average rating
Cast your vote
You can rate an item by clicking the amount of stars they wish to award to this item.
When enough users have cast their vote on this item, the average rating will also be shown.
Star rating
Your vote was cast
Thank you for your feedback
Thank you for your feedback
Authors
Gunnarsdottir, IngibjorgSchack-Nielsen, Lene
Michaelsen, Kim Fleischer
Sørensen, Thorkild I A
Thorsdottir, Inga
Issue Date
2010-02-01
Metadata
Show full item recordCitation
Public Health Nutr. 2010, 13(2):201-7Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To describe the association between duration of exclusive breast-feeding (EBF), weight gain in infancy and childhood BMI in two populations with a long duration of EBF. DESIGN: Cohort study with follow-up in childhood. Breast-feeding status was reported monthly during infancy. Weight and length were measured at birth, 2, 6 and 12 months of age, as well as in childhood at 6 or 10 years of age. SETTING: Iceland and Denmark. SUBJECTS: Randomly selected healthy newborns from Denmark (n 85) and Iceland (n 100). RESULTS: Infants exclusively breast-fed for < or =2 months gained 348 (95% CI 69, 626) g more weight from 2 to 6 months than infants exclusively breast-fed for 3-4 months (P = 0.009). Weight gain from 6 to 12 months was found to be greater among infants exclusively breast-fed for < or =2 months compared with those exclusively breast-fed for > or =5 months (P = 0.008). A greater weight change, in terms of Z-score, between the ages of 2 and 6 months was associated with higher Z-score of childhood BMI, adjusted for birth weight, country and duration of EBF (B = 0.49, se = 0.11, P < 0.001, adj. R2 = 0.15). However, the association was much stronger in the Icelandic cohort than the Danish one. CONCLUSIONS: Although duration of EBF was not associated with childhood BMI in the present study it may modulate growth rate in infancy, which is related to childhood BMI. However, other factors determinative for infant growth also need to be considered when assessing the relationship of early growth and nutrition to childhood overweight, as traditions in complementary food might differ between populations.Description
To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links fieldAdditional Links
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980009005874ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1017/S1368980009005874
Scopus Count
Collections
Related articles
- Associations between infant feeding practice prior to six months and body mass index at six years of age.
- Authors: Imai CM, Gunnarsdottir I, Thorisdottir B, Halldorsson TI, Thorsdottir I
- Issue date: 2014 Apr 17
- Exclusively breastfed overweight infants are at the same risk of childhood overweight as formula fed overweight infants.
- Authors: van der Willik EM, Vrijkotte TG, Altenburg TM, Gademan MG, Kist-van Holthe J
- Issue date: 2015 Oct
- Maternal anthropometry and infant feeding practices in Israel in relation to growth in infancy: the North African Infant Feeding Study.
- Authors: Fawzi WW, Forman MR, Levy A, Graubard BI, Naggan L, Berendes HW
- Issue date: 1997 Jun
- Weight gain in the first week of life predicts overweight at 2 years: A prospective cohort study.
- Authors: Feldman-Winter L, Burnham L, Grossman X, Matlak S, Chen N, Merewood A
- Issue date: 2018 Jan
- Associations of infant feeding and timing of linear growth and relative weight gain during early life with childhood body composition.
- Authors: de Beer M, Vrijkotte TG, Fall CH, van Eijsden M, Osmond C, Gemke RJ
- Issue date: 2015 Apr