Catch-up growth in childhood and death from coronary heart disease: longitudinal study

19991,157 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Johan G. Eriksson

Tom Forsén

Jaakko Tuomilehto

P D Winter · Medical Research Council

Clive Osmond · Medical Research Council

David J.P. Barker · Medical Research Council

Abstract

The highest death rates from coronary heart disease occurred in boys who were thin at birth but whose weight caught up so that they had an average or above average body mass from the age of 7 years. Death from coronary heart disease may be a consequence of poor prenatal nutrition followed by improved postnatal nutrition.

Topics & Keywords

Birth, Development, and Health Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Child Nutrition and Water Access

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: BMJ

Volume 318, Issue 7181, pp. 427-431

DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7181.427

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