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SUBMITTER: Koontz MB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4702488 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Koontz M B MB Gunzler D D DD Presley L L Catalano P M PM
Pediatric obesity 20140930 6
<h4>Background</h4>Rapid weight gain in infancy has been established as a risk factor for the development of later obesity.<h4>Objective</h4>We aimed to investigate the role of changes in infant body composition (assessed via total body electrical conductivity) on the development of overweight/obesity in mid-childhood.<h4>Methods</h4>Fifty-three term infants were evaluated at birth, three times during infancy and in mid-childhood. Logistic regression was used to determine associations between ra ...[more]