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Early‐life determinants of overweight and obesity: a review of systematic reviews
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Summary: The aim of this paper was to review the evidence for early‐life (from conception to 5 years of age) determinants of obesity. The design is review of published systematic reviews. Data sources included Medline, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, PsycINFO. Identification of 22 eligible reviews from a database of 12 021 independent publications. Quality of selected reviews assessed using the Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews score. Articles published after the reviews were used to confirm results. No review was classified as high quality, 11 as moderate and 11 as low. Factors associated with later overweight and obesity: maternal diabetes, maternal smoking, rapid infant growth, no or short breastfeeding, obesity in infancy, short sleep duration, <30 min of daily physical activity, consumption of sugar‐sweetened beverages. Other factors were identified as potentially relevant, although the size of their effect is difficult to estimate. Maternal smoking, breastfeeding, infant size and growth, short sleep duration and television viewing are supported by better‐quality reviews. It is difficult to establish a causal association between possible determinants and obesity, and the relative importance of each determinant. Future research should focus on early‐life interventions to confirm the role of protective and risk factors and to tackle the high burden obesity represents for present and future generations.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Monasta, L., Batty, G. D., Cattaneo, A., Lutje, V., Ronfani, L., Van Lenthe, F. J., & Brug, J.
- Venue
- Obesity Reviews
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2010-03-16
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 695-708
- ISSN
- 1467-7881 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-789X
- OpenAlex
- W2102969297
- Cited by
- 607
- References
- 10
- FWCI
- 6.77
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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