Early Individual and Family Predictors of Weight Trajectories From Early Childhood to Adolescence: Results From the Millennium Cohort Study

Early Individual and Family Predictors of Weight Trajectories From Early Childhood to Adolescence: Results From the Millennium Cohort Study

Background: Early infancy and childhood are critical periods in the establishment of lifelong weight trajectories. Parents and early family environment have a strong effect on children's health behaviors that track into adolescence, influencing lifelong risk of obesity.Objective: We aimed to id...

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Main Authors: Constança Soares dos Santos, João Picoito, Carla Nunes, Isabel Loureiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
weight trajectories
early childhood
family context
Millennium Cohort Study
growth mixture modeling
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fped.2020.00417/full

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