Babies who gain weight rapidly in their first six months are more likely to have an increased weight-to-height ratio at 5 years old, in Swedish study which also found links with parental BMI

Babies who gain weight rapidly in their first six months are more likely to have an increased weight-to-height ratio at 5 years old, in Swedish study which also found links with parental BMI

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0273442

Article Title: Early rapid weight gain, parental body mass index and the association with an increased waist-to-height ratio at 5 years of age

Author Countries: Sweden, Denmark

Funding: SB, Region Halland Research and Development Center Spenshult AL, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Lovisa’s Association for Child Care/Axel Tielmans Memorial Fund and Halmstad University. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0273442

Early rapid weight gain, parental body mass index and the association with an increased waist-to-height ratio at 5 years of age

7-Sep-2022

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.