title: Clinical inquiries: Which factors increase the risk of an infant becoming an overweight child?
abstract: EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: Variables that increase the risk of overweight in childhood include formula feeding, high birth weight, high rate of weight gain in the first 4 months of life, low socioeconomic status, and maternal obesity. No single risk factor predicts overweight, and not all infants with risk factors become overweight children.
authors.affiliation: University of Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rowland
authors.forename: Rick
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wallace
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001724:Birth Weight; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001903:Bottle Feeding / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005194:Family Practice / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D041943:Infant Formula; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008429:Maternal Welfare; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors