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[Influence of early postnatal nutrition on body height in adolescence]
Acta Biologica Et Medica Germanica
|January 1, 1978
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Infant feeding method impacts long-term weight. Purely bottle-fed infants, both males and females, had higher overweight incidence by age 15 compared to breast-fed infants.
Area of Science:
- Pediatrics
- Nutritional Science
- Public Health
Background:
- Infant feeding practices are crucial for child development.
- Early nutrition influences long-term health outcomes, including weight status.
- Understanding the impact of feeding type on childhood overweight is essential.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the association between infant feeding methods and overweight incidence at age 15.
- To examine potential correlations between early infant weight and later body height in bottle-fed individuals.
Main Methods:
- Longitudinal study comparing feeding groups (purely bottle-fed, purely breast-fed, mixed feeding).
- Assessment of overweight incidence at 15 years of age.
- Correlation analysis between infant body weight and adolescent body height.
Main Results:
- Purely bottle-fed infants exhibited a significantly higher incidence of overweight at 15 years compared to breast-fed or mixed-fed infants.
- This finding was consistent for both females and males.
- A significant positive correlation was observed between 3-month body weight and 15-year body height in purely bottle-fed females.
Conclusions:
- Bottle-feeding in the first trimester of life is associated with an increased risk of overweight in adolescence.
- Early infant weight in bottle-fed females may predict adolescent height.
- Promoting breastfeeding may be a strategy to mitigate long-term overweight risk.
Abstract:
Females who were purely bottle-fed during the first trimenon of life showed a significantly increased incidence of overweight at 15 years of age as compared to those who were purely breast-fed or breast plus bottle-fed. Similar findings were obtained in males. In purely bottle-fed females, furthermore, a significant positive correlation was found between the body weight at 3 months of age and body height at 15 years of age.