Early life risk factors of being overweight at 10 years of age: results of the German birth cohorts GINIplus and LISAplus

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Authors

for the GINIplus and LISAplus Study Group · Helmholtz Zentrum München

Zhengcun Pei · Helmholtz Zentrum München

Claudia Flexeder · University of British Columbia

Elaine Fuertes · University of British Columbia

Elisabeth Thiering · Helmholtz Zentrum München

B. Koletzko · Leibniz Institute of Environmental Medicine

Claudia Cramer

Abstract

BMI and being overweight at 5 years of age are strong predictors of being overweight at 10 years of age. The effectiveness of targeted interventions in children who are overweight at 5 years of age should be explored.

Topics & Keywords

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Birth, Development, and Health Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volume 67, Issue 8, pp. 855-862

DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2013.80

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