Jingxiong, Jiang, Rosenqvist, Urban, Huishan, Wang, Koletzko, Bert, Guangli, Lian, Jing, Huang and Greiner, Ted (2008) Relationship of parental characteristics and feeding practices to overweight in infants and young children in Beijing, China. Public Health Nutrition, 12 (7). pp. 973-978. ISSN 1368-9800 (Print), 1475-2727 (Online) (doi:10.1017/S1368980008003509)

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Abstract

Background: Childhood obesity has become a major public health problem in many countries. To explore the risk factors of overweight in infants and young children might be helpful in developing an early overweight intervention strategy.
Objective: To assess the prevalence of overweight and the relationship of parental characteristics and feeding practices to overweight in infants and young children in Beijing, China.
Design: Data on weight and length/height were collected on 4654 children aged 1–35 months in twelve communities in Beijing from a cross-sectional study. Overweight was defined as weight-for-length/height $2SD above the median of the WHO reference. Two hundred and fifteen families with overweight children and 215 families with normal-weight children were interviewed using a questionnaire to obtain feeding practices.
Results: The overall prevalence of overweight was 4?7%. Both parental overweight and low parental education were significantly higher among overweight than normal-weight children. The total energy intake was significantly higher in overweight than in normal-weight children at 12–35 months of age. Compared with normal-weight children, significantly fewer overweight children were breastfed for at least 4 months. Overweight children were also more likely to have been introduced to infant formula and semi-solid foods during the first 4 months.
Conclusion: Early prevention strategies should include feeding practices identified as putting children at risk of obesity. These include early cessation of breast-feeding
and premature introduction of other foods.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	[1] First published online: 15 August 2008. [2] Published in print: July 2009. [3] Published as: Public Health Nutrition, (2009), Vol. 12 (7), pp. 973-978. [5] Public Health Nutrition is published on behalf of The Nutrition Society.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	infants and young children, overweight, parental, overweight, feeding practices, breast-feeding, China
Subjects:	R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science > Natural Resources Institute
Related URLs:	Publisher Organisation Organisation
Last Modified:	02 Jul 2013 14:00
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/9914

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