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| Goldani,M.Z.; Haeffner,L.S.B.; Agranonik,M.; Barbieri,M.A.; Bettiol,H.; Silva,A.A.M.. |
| The association between early life factors and body mass index (BMI) in adulthood has been demonstrated in developed countries. The aim of the present study was to assess the influence of early life factors (birth weight, gestational age, maternal smoking, and social class) on BMI in young adulthood with adjustment for adult socioeconomic position. A cohort study was carried out in 1978/79 with 6827 mother-child pairs from Ribeirão Preto city, located in the most developed economic area of the country. Biological, economic and social variables and newborn anthropometric measurements were obtained shortly after delivery. In 1996, 1189 males from this cohort, 34.3% of the original male population, were submitted to anthropometric measurements and were asked... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Adolescence; Body mass index; Perinatal factors; Life stile. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2007000900010 |
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