Association of high birth weight with overweight and obesity in Chinese students aged 6-18 years: a national, cross-sectional study in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity in China has drastically increased 57 times over the past 30 years, and to control birth weight is an effective way to reduce the risk of overweight and obesity across the life course.

Objective

This paper aimed to evaluate the association of high birth weight (HBW) with overweight and obesity in Chinese students aged 6-18 years.

Methods

All students with HBW (n=4981) aged 6-18 years were selected from a cross-sectional survey from seven provinces of China, and 4981 other students with normal birth weight (NBW) were randomly sampled with matched gender, age and province. Anthropometric parameters were measured and characteristics were collected by questionnaires. Multiple logistic regression was used to est

SUBMITTER: Zou Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6538056 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature