Excess Early Postnatal Weight Gain Leads to Increased Abdominal Fat in Young Children

• Egile Nagusiak: Annemieke M. V. Evelein (Egilea), Frank L. J. Visseren (Egilea), Cornelis K. van der Ent (Egilea), Diederick E. Grobbee (Egilea), Cuno S. P. M. Uiterwaal (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background. Increased childhood weight gain has been associated with later adiposity. Whether excess early postnatal weight gain plays a role in childhood abdominal fat is unknown. Design. In the ongoing Wheezing Illnesses Study Leidsche Rijn (WHISTLER), birth cohort weight and length from birth to...