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Childhood obesity problems begin as young as age 3, mother??™s weight a big factor
Newswise - Children’s problems with overweight and obesity begin as early as age 3, and Hispanic children and those with obese mothers are especially at risk. Researchers looked at a national sample of 2,271 urban, low-income 3-year-olds and found the highest rates of obesity and overweight among Hispanic children. Black children were also more likely to be overweight or obese than white children. The study’s authors said they could not explain the disparities, but some factors did increase a child’s likelihood of being overweight at age 3, including taking a bottle to bed, having an obese mother and having a higher than average birth weight (more than 4,500 grams, or approximately 10 pounds).
31-12-2006
 Parents who do not regularly shop at a grocery store also increase their preschoolers’ odds of being overweight or obese. Having been breastfed for at least six months significantly decreased the odds that a child of an obese mother would be overweight  or obese, but did not affect children of non-obese mothers. In those children surveyed, 42 percent of white children with obese mothers were themselves overweight or obese, compared to 36 percent of black children and 56 percent of Hispanic children (for normal-weight mothers, the figures were 26 percent, 25 percent and 40 percent, respectively). “Clearly, maternal weight status is a key determinant of children’s obesity at age 3, either via household levels of nutrition and exercise or genetic factors,” the study’s authors said.
This article was published online December 28, 2006, at 4 p.m. (EST) by the American Journal of Public Health under “First Look” at http://www.ajph.org/first_look.shtml, and will appear in the February 2007 print issue of the Journal. “First Look” articles have undergone peer review, copyediting and approval by authors but have not yet been printed to paper or posted online by issue. The American Journal of Public Health is published by the American Public Health Association, http://www.apha.org, and is available at http://www.ajph.org.
[From: “Children’s Overweight and Obesity at Age Three: Examining the Racial and Ethnic Differentials.” ] Source: American Public Health Association (APHA)
Source: Newswise - http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/526072/?sc=dwhn
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