Early Exposure to Cumulative Social Risk and Trajectories of Body Mass Index in Childhood.

CONCLUSIONS: Early exposure to cumulative social risk may have long-term impact on BMIp trajectories among girls, depending on timing of exposure. Understanding the effect of cumulative social risk in different contexts, including sex, chronicity, and timing of exposure, may have practical implications for informing effective intervention to combat childhood obesity. PMID: 30362818 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30362818?dopt=Abstract

Source: Childhood Obesity - October 27, 2018 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Tags: Child Obes Source Type: research