Body mass index rebound, weight gain in puberty, and risk of cardiovascular disease

Yuan et al [1] identified 3 groups with distinct trajectories in body mass index (BMI) related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in adulthood by analyses of a dataset with 30 years of follow-up in a population in northern China. Among the three groups characterized as low-, moderate-, and high-increasing, based on the rate of BMI increase, the high-increasing group (11.9% of 2,789 total participants) had the highest rate of CVD in adulthood. This group had relatively moderate initial BMI levels, but BMI then increased steeply from about age 12 years and exceeded BMI in the moderate-increasing group at age 18 years.
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research