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Birth weight, birth order, and age at first solid food introduction influence child growth and body composition in 6 to 8-year-old Maya children: the importance of the first 1000 days of life.

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posted on 2020-02-21, 14:25 authored by Samantha Sanchez-Escobedo, Hugo Azcorra, Barry Bogin, Almira Hoogesteyn, Reyna Sámano, Ines Varela-SilvaInes Varela-Silva, Federico Dickinson
© 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Objectives: To analyze the relationship of birth weight, birth order, breastfeeding duration, and age of introduction of solid foods with height, fat mass, and fat-free mass in a sample of Maya children when aged 6 to 8 years old. Methods: We collected data on anthropometry, body composition, children's birth weight, birth order, early feeding practices, and household socioeconomic characteristics in a sample of 260 Maya children aged 6 to 8 years living in Merida and Motul, two cities in Yucatan, Mexico. Multiple regression models were performed to identify variables associated with height-for-age (HAZ), fat mass index (FMI), and fat-free mass index (FFMI). The predictors included in the models were birth weight (kg), birth order, duration of breastfeeding (months), age at introduction of solid foods (months), maternal age (years), and height (cm). Models were adjusted for the influence of children's age and sex, maternal educational level, and household overcrowding. Results: HAZ was positively associated with child birthweight and maternal height and age, but inversely associated with birth order and age of introduction of solid foods. FMI was positively associated with birth weight, maternal age, and height, and negatively associated with birth order. FFMI was positively associated with maternal age and birth weight. Conclusions: These results are evidence of the importance of the first 1000 days of life for the growth and body composition of Maya children and contributed to understand the development of nutritional dual burden in this population.

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Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Grant/Award Number: 168047

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  • Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Published in

American Journal of Human Biology

Volume

32

Issue

5

Publisher

Wiley

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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© Wiley

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: SANCHEZ-ESCOBEDO, S. ... et al, 2020. Birth weight, birth order, and age at first solid food introduction influence child growth and body composition in 6‐ to 8‐year‐old Maya children: The importance of the first 1000 days of life. American Journal of Human Biology, 32 (5), e23385, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23385. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions

Acceptance date

2019-12-17

Publication date

2020-01-29

ISSN

1042-0533

eISSN

1520-6300

Language

  • en

Depositor

Dr Ines Varela Silva Deposit date: 20 February 2020

Article number

e23385

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