Weight gain and future obesity risk

[Guest guest]

I was reading information recently on dental health and breastfeeding

recommendations and came across this info.

I have not reviewed any of the statements or references, just sharing:

From a USDA article on 'special concerns in infant feeding'

http://www.nal.usda.gov/wicworks/Topics/FG/Chapter6_SpecialConcerns.pdf

<Rapid weight gain in infancy – Rapid

weight gain in the first 4 to 6 months

is associated with a higher incidence of

overweight and obesity in later childhood

and adolescence.>

38. Stettler N, Zemel BS, Kumanyika SK, Stallings VA. Infant weight gain and

childhood overweight

status in a multicenter cohort study. Pediatrics 2002;109(2):194-199.

39. RS, Cook V, Hanson RL, Salbe AD, Tataranni A, Knowler WC. Early

excess weight

gain of children in the Pima Indian population. Pediatrics 2002;109(2):e33.

Available from http://

pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/109/2/e33.

40. Stettler N, Kumanyika SK, Katz SH, Zemel BS, Stallings VA. Rapid weight gain

during infancy

and obesity in young adulthood in a cohort of African Americans. American

Journal of Clinical

Nutrition 2003;77:1374-1378.

41. Gunnarsdottir I, Thorsdottir I. Relationship between growth and feeding in

infancy and body

mass index at the age of 6 years. International Journal of Obesity

2003;27:1523-1527

[Guest guest]

Lots of good info in this article...thanks for sharing, I've seen the USDA seperate breakdowns but its nice to have in one fact sheet To: From: YabbaDabbaDoula1@...Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:51:06 +0000Subject: Weight gain and future obesity risk

I was reading information recently on dental health and breastfeeding recommendations and came across this info.

I have not reviewed any of the statements or references, just sharing:

From a USDA article on 'special concerns in infant feeding'

http://www.nal.usda.gov/wicworks/Topics/FG/Chapter6_SpecialConcerns.pdf

<Rapid weight gain in infancy – Rapid

weight gain in the first 4 to 6 months

is associated with a higher incidence of

overweight and obesity in later childhood

and adolescence.>

38. Stettler N, Zemel BS, Kumanyika SK, Stallings VA. Infant weight gain and childhood overweight

status in a multicenter cohort study. Pediatrics 2002;109(2):194-199.

39. RS, Cook V, Hanson RL, Salbe AD, Tataranni A, Knowler WC. Early excess weight

gain of children in the Pima Indian population. Pediatrics 2002;109(2):e33. Available from http://

pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/109/2/e33.

40. Stettler N, Kumanyika SK, Katz SH, Zemel BS, Stallings VA. Rapid weight gain during infancy

and obesity in young adulthood in a cohort of African Americans. American Journal of Clinical

Nutrition 2003;77:1374-1378.

41. Gunnarsdottir I, Thorsdottir I. Relationship between growth and feeding in infancy and body

mass index at the age of 6 years. International Journal of Obesity 2003;27:1523-1527