High birth weight and its interaction with physical activity influence the risk of obesity in early school-aged children.

CONCLUSIONS: HBW confers an increased risk for childhood overweight/obesity. Physical activity attenuates the effect of HBW on overweight/obesity, and HBW possibly synergistically interacts with high household income to promote abdominal obesity in childhood.
PMID: 32100262 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: World Journal of Pediatrics : WJP - February 24, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Deng JR, Tan WQ, Yang SY, Ao LP, Liang JP, Li LX, Gao YH, Yang Y, Liu L Tags: World J Pediatr Source Type: research