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Assessment of Child Anthropometry in a Large Epidemiologic Study
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肥胖风险儿童的代谢率和身体发育
M Griffiths1, P R Payne, A J Stunkard
1Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.
Lancet (London, England)
|July 14, 1990
概括
父母的肥胖会根据性别不同地影响孩子的成长. 男孩的生长速度更快,与父母的肥胖有关,而女孩的生长与童年的能量摄入量有关,突出了性别特异性的肥胖倾向.
科学领域:
- 儿科内分泌学 儿科内分泌学
- 人类成长和发展 人类成长和发展
- 代谢健康 代谢健康
背景情况:
- 儿童肥胖是一个越来越令人担忧的潜在的长期健康影响.
- 父母的肥胖是儿童肥胖的一个已知的危险因素.
- 了解影响生长和代谢率的性别特定因素对于早期干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究父母肥胖对儿童生长和代谢率的长期影响.
- 检查父母肥胖,儿童能量摄入量和青少年发育之间的关系中的性别差异.
- 探索休息代谢率 (RMR) 与易患肥胖的儿童生长模式之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 长度研究追踪肥胖和体重正常的父母的孩子从3-5岁到青春期 (12年后).
- 儿童代谢率 (RMR) 和食物摄入量的评估.
- 分析成长参数 (身高,体重,脂肪) 和青春期的RMR变化,按性别分层.
主要成果:
- 在青少年男孩中,父母的肥胖预测了更快的生长,但没有增加脂肪;儿童的能量摄入量没有预测.
- 在青春期的女孩中,童年能量摄入预测了身体大小和脂肪,而父母的肥胖有较低的预测价值.
- 早些时候,在来自肥胖家庭的男孩中观察到RMR/kg体重的下降,这可能与早期生长有关.
结论:
- 在父母的肥胖和儿童能量摄入如何影响青少年生长和身体组成方面存在显著的性别差异.
- 女孩的早期成熟可能解释了在生长和脂肪的预测因素中观察到的性别差异.
- 童年时低RMR/kg体重可能与肥胖倾向的儿童早期生长模式有关.
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