Journal
MATERNAL AND CHILD NUTRITION
Volume 1, Issue 3, Pages 177-184Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2005.00021.x
Keywords
birth cohorts; child growth; developing countries; life course; prospective studies
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- FIC NIH HHS [TW 05598] Funding Source: Medline
- NICHD NIH HHS [HD 046125] Funding Source: Medline
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Evidence is accumulating that the pattern of growth in childhood is associated with development of cardiovascular disease in adulthood, but such evidence comes mostly from developed countries. We conducted a review of studies from countries undergoing the nutrition transition. Five birth cohorts with measures of child growth and outcomes through adolescence were identified, from China, India, Guatemala, Brazil and the Philippines. Across studies there are major differences in data availability and in statistical approaches to modelling child growth and its effects. Nevertheless, generally consistent associations of growth failure in early childhood and development of overweight in later childhood with the risk of elevated blood pressure, glucose, and serum lipids in adulthood were observed. As these cohorts mature they will provide a wealth of critical information on the relation between early life factors and later disease risk, and efforts should be made to ensure ongoing follow-up using standardized approaches and more comprehensive assessments.
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