Opportunities for the primary prevention of obesity during infancy.
Opportunities for the primary prevention of obesity during infancy.
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10.1016/j.yapd.2009.08.012
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2009
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Birch, Leann L
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Paul, Ian M;Bartok, Cynthia J;Downs, Danielle S;Stifter, Cynthia A;Ventura, Alison K;Birch, Leann L
Many parents, grandparents, and clinicians have associated a baby’s ability to eat and gain weight as a sign of good health, and clinicians typically only call significant attention to infant growth if a baby is failing to thrive or showing severe excesses in growth. Recent evidence, however, has suggested that pediatric healthcare providers should pay closer attention to growth patterns during infancy. Both higher weight and upward crossing of major percentile lines on the weight-for-age growth chart during infancy have long term health consequences, and are associated with overweight and obesity later in life. Clinicians should utilize the numerous available opportunities to discuss healthy growth and growth charts during health maintenance visits in the first two years after birth. Further, providers should instruct parents on strategies to promote healthy behaviors that can have long lasting obesity preventive effects.
