Background & aims Metabolic disease prevalence has increased in many regions, and is
closely associated with dyslipidemia. Rapid growth refers to a significant increase in growth …

Accelerated growth in postnatal life in low birth weight infants has been associated with
insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome-related disorders in later life. Postnatal …

Background & aims Rapid growth in childhood and obesity are highly prevalent in
congenital deficiency infants, but the associations between them remain controversial. This …

Introduction Intrauterine conditions and accelerating early growth are associated with
childhood obesity. It is unknown, whether fetal programming affects the early growth and …

Introduction: Rapid growth in early childhood has been identified as a possible risk factor for
long-term adiposity. However, there is a lack of studies quantifying this phenomenon only in …

The association between obesity and morbidity resulting from chronic diseases is well
known. This systematic review addresses studies of the role of rapid growth in infancy and …

Objective: Low birth weight is a risk factor for coronary heart disease. Persons who have
coronary events as adults tend to have been small at birth and thin at 2 yr of age, after which …

Objective Early onset of adiposity rebound (AR) is considered an early indicator of obesity
risk. Our objective was to investigate the association of birth outcomes and early physical …

Background and Objectives: To investigate whether the tempo of weight gain of children
during infancy (from birth up to two years of age) or childhood (between two and five years …

Objective This study's aim was to assess the prevalence of hyperlipidemia and its
association with birth weight and BMI at 2 years of age and 5 to 6 years of age in full‐term …