Infant feeding practices, childhood growth and obesity in adult life.
Child health is widely affected by nutritional status, and there is growing interest surrounding the possibility that child nutritional status and infant feeding practices may be linked to obesity in adulthood, increasing risks of metabolic complications. Prospective studies enable appropriate investigation and evaluation of the determinants of childhood development. The present paper therefore aimed to provide a review of the main evidence to date from longitudinal studies concerning the associations of infant feeding practices, patterns of childhood growth and nutritional status exhibited in adult life.
Lourenço
Bárbara Hatzlhoffer
BH
Departamento de Nutrição, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo (FSP/USP), São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Cardoso
Marly Augusto
MA
D000328:Adult; D001724:Birth Weight; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D002149:Energy Intake; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status / Q000502:physiology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors