The proportion of weight gain due to change in fat mass in infants with vs without rapid growth
Pediatricians should monitor infant growth with the understanding that, while crossing upward through the weight centiles generally is accompanied by greater adiposity gains (not just higher BMI), upward crossing through the length centiles is not.
Authors
- Shabina Ariff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9627-2662)
- Nuala M. Byrne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5310-6640)
- Divya J. Priscilla
- Nishani Lucas
- Rebecca Kuriyan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3864-574X)
- Pujitha Wickramasinghe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8355-1283)
- Cornelia Loechl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7959-6270)
- Andrew P. Hills (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7787-7201)
- Iná S. Santos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1258-9249)
- Lukhanyo H. Nyati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0975-344X)
- Christine Slater (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6820-0760)
- William Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0347-4354)
- Shane Anthony Norris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7124-3788)
- Ellen W. Demerath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4585-4064)
- Leila Cheikh Ismail (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3048-7481)
- Anura V. Kurpad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7998-2438)
- Alexia J. Murphy‐Alford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7095-3796)
- Tanvir Ahmad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2956-4859)
- Caroline S. Costa
Institutions
- South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
- Aga Khan University (PK)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (AT)
- University of Tasmania (AU)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Loughborough University (GB)
- Universidade Federal de Pelotas (BR)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- Loughborough College (GB)
- University of Sharjah (AE)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Minnesota Department of Health (US)
- St.John's Medical College Hospital (IN)
- University of Southampton (GB)
- Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PK)
- University of the Western Cape (ZA)
- University of Colombo (LK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Published
- 2024-11-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-024-01534-5
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.63
Funders
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre