scholarly journals Birth weight, rapid weight gain in infancy and markers of overweight and obesity in childhood

2013 ◽  
Vol 67 (11) ◽  
pp. 1147-1153 ◽  
Author(s):  
M R Sacco ◽  
N P de Castro ◽  
V L V Euclydes ◽  
J M Souza ◽  
P H C Rondó
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Rapid Weight Gain

scholarly journals Weight gain in preterm low birth weight infants with multisensory intervention

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1618
Author(s):  
Krupal Modi ◽  
Shilpa Khandare ◽  
Tushar J. Palekar ◽  
Preeti Gazbare ◽  
Vidhi Shah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Preterm Infants ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Vestibular Stimulation ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Rapid Weight Gain ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Multisensory Intervention

Background: Birth weight is a significant determinant of newborn survival. In neonatal deaths, LBW is the underlying cause in 60-80% cases. This study was aimed to assess whether preterm infants receiving Multisensory intervention had more rapid weight gain compared to control group infants during NICU stay.Methods: Subjects for the study were preterm infants between 32 to 37 weeks of gestation age with birth weight between 1500 g to 2500 g and staying in NICU. Participants meeting inclusion criteria were randomly divided into either experimental group (n=15) or control group (n=15). The experimental group received Multisensory stimulation such as Auditory, Tactile, Visual and Vestibular stimulation for 10 consecutive days (15 min. /day) in NICU. Control group received routine NICU care. Weight was measured using an electronic weighing scale at day-1, day-5 and day-10 of intervention in both the groups and collected data was analysed.Results: The preterm infants of the experimental group had shown better growth than those in the control group with statistically significant differences (p<0.05) between the study and the control group at end of 10 days of intervention.Conclusions: From Analysed data, it is concluded that 5-day of Multisensory intervention could not elicit statistically significant improvement in weight gain, but 10 days intervention could elicit significant improvement. The result supports the use of multisensory intervention as a cost-effective therapy to promote growth.

scholarly journals BIRTH WEIGHT, WEIGHT GAIN, AND OBESITY AMONG CHILDREN IN URUGUAY: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY SINCE BIRTH

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Pereyra ◽  
Andrea Gómez ◽  
Karina Jaramillo ◽  
Augusto Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
The Body ◽  
Breastfeeding Duration

ABSTRACT Objective: To examine the effect of birth weight and subsequent weight gain on children being overweight and obese in serial assessments of Uruguayan children living at urban areas. Methods: We used secondary data of pediatric anthropometric measurements and health and socioeconomic characteristics of families that were included in a longitudinal and prospective nationally representative survey (“Encuesta de Nutrición, Desarrollo Infantil y Salud”). The associations of conditional weight gain, being overweight and obesity were tested through correlation coefficients. Multivariate binary logistic regression models were performed to calculate the effect of birth weight on childhood obesity and were adjusted for covariates. Results: For macrosomic babies, there was an increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in 70% compared with non-macrosomic babies, when we adjusted for sex, exclusive breastfeeding duration, and household income. The correlation between weight gain and the body mass index for age indicated that the greatest (positive) difference in Z score between measurements increased the obesity levels. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that ensuring optimal birth weight and monitoring and controlling posterior weight gain represent the first steps toward primary prevention of childhood obesity.

Rapid weight gain and overweight and obesity in urban Aboriginal children: The Gudaga cohort

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e49-e50
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Denney-Wilson ◽  
Vana Webster ◽  
Jenny Knight ◽  
Elizabeth Comino ◽  
Georgie Russell
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Rapid Weight Gain ◽  
Aboriginal Children

Nonnutritive Sucking During Gavage Feeding Enhances Growth and Maturation in Premature Infants

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-45
Author(s):  
Judy C. Bernbaum ◽  
Gilberto R. Pereira ◽  
John B. Watkins ◽  
George J. Peckham
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Premature Infants ◽  
Caloric Intake ◽  
Rapid Weight Gain ◽  
Intestinal Transit Time ◽  
Nonnutritive Sucking ◽  
Oral Stimulation ◽  
Rapid Transition

The effects of nonnutritive sucking (NNS) by means of a pacifier during gavage feeding were studied in 30 premature infants whose birth weight was &lt;1,500 g. The addition of NNS accelerated the maturation of the sucking reflex, facilitating a more rapid transition from gavage to oral feedings. Additionally, NNS decreased intestinal transit time and caused a more rapid weight gain despite comparable caloric intake resulting in a shortened hospital stay. Although the physiologic mechanisms resulting from this form of oral stimulation remain to be investigated, our data suggest that NNS may be an important factor to consider in the feeding of premature infants.

scholarly journals A risk factor for early wheezing in infants: rapid weight gain

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lijuan Yin ◽  
Ye Song ◽  
Yongfang Liu ◽  
Zehui Ye
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Rapid Weight Gain ◽  
Group Iii ◽  
Weight Growth ◽  
Group I ◽  
Rsv Infection ◽  
Syncytial Virus

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between rapid weight gain and early wheezing. Methods This study screened 701 infants with lower respiratory tract infection who were no more than 4 months from Jan 1st to Dec 31st in 2018. According to weight-for-age Z-value (WAZ), these infants were divided into the considerably slow weight gain group (group I), the normal weight gain group (group II) and the excessively rapid weight gain group (group III), respectively. The clinical characteristics, weight growth speeds and serum lipid levels were analyzed, and multivariable Logistic model was conducted to select significant variables. Results Our results showed that male (OR = 1.841, 95%CI: 1.233–2.751), family wheezing (OR = 5.118, 95%CI: 2.118–12.365), age (OR = 1.273, 95%CI: 1.155–1.403), eczema (OR = 2.769, 95%CI: 1.793–4.275), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection (OR = 1.790, 95%CI: 1.230–2.604), birth weight (OR = 1.746, 95%CI: 1.110–2.746) and total cholesterol (TC) (OR = 1.027, 95%CI: 1.019–1.036) and ΔWAZ (OR = 1.182, 95%CI: 1.022–1.368) were associated with early wheezing. Results indicated that serum TC (P = 0.018) and ΔWAZ (P = 0.023) were positive correlation with wheezing days. Conclusion Besides male, family wheezing, age, eczema, RSV infection, birth weight and TC, the rapid weight growth as a risk factor should be concerned in the early wheezing infants.

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