Tracking of Body Size from Birth to Late Adolescence: Contributions of Birth Length, Birth Weight, Duration of Gestation, Parents' Body Size, and Twinship

Birth weight has correlated positively with adult body mass index (BMI), but rarely have birth length, duration of gestation, or parents' body size been taken into account. The authors examined tracking of birth length and weight, adjusted for gestational age, to late adolescence, with special...

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Published in:	American journal of epidemiology Vol. 154; no. 1; pp. 21 - 29
Main Authors:	Pietiläinen, Kirsi H., Kaprio, Jaakko, Räsänen, Maija, Winter, Torsten, Rissanen, Aila, Rose, Richard J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cary, NC Oxford University Press 01-07-2001 Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
Subjects:	Adolescent Biological and medical sciences Birth Weight BMI Body Height Body Mass Index Body Weight Cross-Sectional Studies family Female Finland - epidemiology Gestational Age Humans Logistic Models Longitudinal Studies Male Medical sciences Metabolic diseases Obesity Obesity - epidemiology Parents Prevalence Risk Factors Surveys and Questionnaires twins Europe Finland Human Obesity Questionnaire Parent Nutrition disorder Corporal biometry Epidemiology Gestational age Twin Body mass index Follow up study Cohort study Body size Adolescent Risk factor Birth weight Nutritional status
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