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Rapid Weight Gain in Early Infancy Increases Risk for Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes
- RAPID WEIGHT GAIN IN EARLY INFANCY
- Information on nutrition
- Weight Data? Low Birth Weight Babies?
- rapid weight gain definition
RAPID WEIGHT GAIN IN EARLY INFANCY
Ramadevi Sankaran, Iowa, USA, 11 Jun 2009 3:21 PM EST
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would like to know whether these babies were formula feed babies.
Information on nutrition
L. Whinston-Perry, Executive Editor, JW Pediatr Adolesc Med, 11 Jun 2009 3:23 PM EST
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A quote from the authors in the original article: "Unfortunately, our study did not have nutritional data to investigate the relationship between early nutrition, growth in infancy, and cardiovascular determinants later in life."
Weight Data? Low Birth Weight Babies?
Kim Strydom, Australia, 17 Jun 2009 3:02 PM EST
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Do you have the data on the mean birth weights and the amount of change? Rapid weight gain is defined as > 0.5SD - how was this decided? Did the infants with the lowest birth weights (LBW babies) gain weight the fastest? Or was the infants' length studied? Possible clinical practice point: ask all patients if they have their birth weight and know how rapidly they gained - possible future CVS risk predictor? Is this study linked to (I think) a previous one done in the Netherlands about "in utero deprivation or starvation" being associated with higher risk for CVS events & DM later in life? Cannot recall the exact details.
rapid weight gain definition
Melina M, 17 Jul 2009 3:09 PM EST
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it says that rapid weigh gain is defined as 0.5 SD. Please clarify the time of this increase in 0.5 SD.
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