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FRONTIERS IN PEDIATRICS
卷 9, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.625853
关键词
SGA; BMI changes; obesity; overweight; pediatric
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资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81670810]
- Shanghai Science and Technology Commission
- Shanghai ShenKang
- Shanghai Municipal Education Commission
- Jiaotong University Medical College
- Shanghai Science and Technology Committee [18411967700, 19ZR1477700, 19411969000]
- high end pediatric overseas research team training plan of Shanghai special plan for children's health service capacity building [GDEK20 1710]
- Jiaotong University Medical College [EKKY2018006DGD, YG2019ZDB01]
- Shanghai Municipal Education Committee [Kids 1-4 2019]
- Clinical Research Plan of SHDC [SHDC2020CR1047B]
- Special project on aging and maternal and child health of Shanghai Municipal Health Commission [2020YJZX0207]
This study found that rapid increase in BMI during early infancy in former SGA newborns leads to a persistent risk of obesity, highlighting the importance of controlling energy intake and closely monitoring BMI changes for optimal management.
Purpose: In order to compensate for the early intrauterine growth restriction, small-for-gestational age (SGA) infants have catch-up growth after birth. Increased caloric intake has been suggested for SGA infants conventionally. It is important to determine if the early growth rate of body mass index (BMI) is associated with risk of persistent obesity later in life. In this longitudinal cohort study, we assessed the BMI of a large cohort of children who were SGA at birth to determine their risk of persistent obesity at school age (6-7 years) due to excessive weight gain in the first 3 years of life. Methods: We collected the height and weight data of 23,871 SGA babies. A polynomial function was used to fit the BMI-for-age z-score (BAZ) values of 0-6 years old SGA children and interpolate their growth trajectory. In addition, we screened out 6,959 children from 23,871 children to further evaluate the dynamic changes of early childhood BMI. We divided the school-age children into groups as non-obese (BAZ < 2) and obese (BAZ > 2), and determined the association between changes in BMI and school-age obesity. Results: From the perspective of BMI distribution, the interpolated growth trajectory indicated that SGA children reaching overweight status or developing obesity by 3 years of age, continued to have obesity until school age (R-2, 0.65; R-2, 0.21). The retrospective analysis showed that children who were overweight and had obesity during school age had a high BMI from early age. By analyzing the changes in early BMI, we found that the fastest growth of SGA children occurred in the early infancy before 6 months and they continued to grow rapidly for a period of time. Interestingly, former SGA children who maintained a near overweight (1 < BAZ < 2) status before the age of 2 maintained an appropriate growth rate and usually did not develop obesity. Conclusions: A rapid increase in BMI during early infancy in former SGA newborns leads to a persistent risk of obesity. The energy intake of SGA infants should appropriately meet the infants' growth needs and early BMI changes should be closely monitored for an optimal integrated management.
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