Childhood BMI and other measures of body composition as a predictor of cardiometabolic non-communicable diseases in adulthood: a systematic review

• Main Authors: Amela Bander (Author), Alexia J Murphy-Alford (Author), Victor O Owino (Author), Cornelia U Loechl (Author), Jonathan CK Wells (Author), Imara Gluning (Author), Marko Kerac (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective: There is growing evidence that childhood malnutrition is associated with non-communicable diseases (NCD) in adulthood and that body composition mediates some of this association. This review aims to determine if childhood body composition can be used to predict later-life cardiom...