Abstract
Childhood overweight is an important worldwide problem of public health concern, with metabolic, physical and psychosocial complications. More and more evidence is accumulating that children who gain weight rapidly earlier in life are at higher risk of becoming overweight later in adulthood life. Therefore, in a seven-year longitudinal study, we studied mid-childhood and early adolescence weight and height growth velocities among 5,024 Japanese 2nd grade primary school boys and girls along with its effect on the likelihood of being overweight adolescents by the age of 14 y. Our findings showed that weight growth velocity of both sexes was associated with being overweight at the end of longitudinal study. Boys' risk of accelerated weight growth velocity and becoming overweight adolescents was almost doubled during ages 7∼11 y and become reduced afterward. Otherwise, odds ratios of girls' weight growth velocity peaks were found only at ages from 9∼10 and 10∼11 y. Thus, we suggest a critical window of mid-childhood period associated with adolescence risk of overweight, and we recommend that studying weight growth determinants during 7∼11 y of boys and 9∼11 y of girlsmay help in developing and applying proper programs for prevention and intervention of overweight problem.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 124-132 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Medical Investigation |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 2010 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- Growth velocity
- Japanese
- Longitudinal study
- Overweight
- School children
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
- Medicine(all)
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Weight and height growth velocities of Japanese boys and girls between age 7 and 14 years : A critical window for early adolescent overweight risk. / Nakano, Takuro; Sei, Masako; Ewis, Ashraf A.; Munakata, Hokuma; Onishi, Chiemi; Nakahori, Yutaka.
In: Journal of Medical Investigation, Vol. 57, No. 1-2, 02.2010, p. 124-132.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Weight and height growth velocities of Japanese boys and girls between age 7 and 14 years
T2 - A critical window for early adolescent overweight risk
AU - Nakano, Takuro
AU - Sei, Masako
AU - Ewis, Ashraf A.
AU - Munakata, Hokuma
AU - Onishi, Chiemi
AU - Nakahori, Yutaka
PY - 2010/2
Y1 - 2010/2
N2 - Childhood overweight is an important worldwide problem of public health concern, with metabolic, physical and psychosocial complications. More and more evidence is accumulating that children who gain weight rapidly earlier in life are at higher risk of becoming overweight later in adulthood life. Therefore, in a seven-year longitudinal study, we studied mid-childhood and early adolescence weight and height growth velocities among 5,024 Japanese 2nd grade primary school boys and girls along with its effect on the likelihood of being overweight adolescents by the age of 14 y. Our findings showed that weight growth velocity of both sexes was associated with being overweight at the end of longitudinal study. Boys' risk of accelerated weight growth velocity and becoming overweight adolescents was almost doubled during ages 7∼11 y and become reduced afterward. Otherwise, odds ratios of girls' weight growth velocity peaks were found only at ages from 9∼10 and 10∼11 y. Thus, we suggest a critical window of mid-childhood period associated with adolescence risk of overweight, and we recommend that studying weight growth determinants during 7∼11 y of boys and 9∼11 y of girlsmay help in developing and applying proper programs for prevention and intervention of overweight problem.
AB - Childhood overweight is an important worldwide problem of public health concern, with metabolic, physical and psychosocial complications. More and more evidence is accumulating that children who gain weight rapidly earlier in life are at higher risk of becoming overweight later in adulthood life. Therefore, in a seven-year longitudinal study, we studied mid-childhood and early adolescence weight and height growth velocities among 5,024 Japanese 2nd grade primary school boys and girls along with its effect on the likelihood of being overweight adolescents by the age of 14 y. Our findings showed that weight growth velocity of both sexes was associated with being overweight at the end of longitudinal study. Boys' risk of accelerated weight growth velocity and becoming overweight adolescents was almost doubled during ages 7∼11 y and become reduced afterward. Otherwise, odds ratios of girls' weight growth velocity peaks were found only at ages from 9∼10 and 10∼11 y. Thus, we suggest a critical window of mid-childhood period associated with adolescence risk of overweight, and we recommend that studying weight growth determinants during 7∼11 y of boys and 9∼11 y of girlsmay help in developing and applying proper programs for prevention and intervention of overweight problem.
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