Relationship between birth weight and subsequent weight gain
Open Access
- 1 July 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Vol. 42 (1) , 57-60
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/42.1.57
Abstract
As shown in 8709 Black term neonates followed through 7 yr of age, there is a direct, positive relationship between birth weight and long-term weight gain. Over a 7-yr period, high-weight term Black boys and girls gain 2.6 kg more than their low-weight peers, an excess of 15%. In contrast, there is an inverse relationship between birth weight and subsequent gain in length in these term Black neonates. The long-term differential in weight gain, which is primarily attained after the first yr, has major implications for the understanding of growth and for nutritional assessment of infants and children.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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