Anthropometric indicators of body composition in young adults: relation to size at birth and serial measurements of body mass index in childhood in the New Delhi birth cohort
American Journal of Clinical NutritionPublished 1 August 2005
Harshpal Singh Sachdev, Caroline Fall, Clive Osmond, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, Sushant K Dey Biswas, Sam Leary
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Birth weight and BMI gain during infancy and early childhood predict adult lean mass more strongly than adult adiposity, and greater BMI gain in late childhood and adolescence predicts increased adult fat mass.
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Birth weight and BMI gain during infancy and early childhood predict adult lean mass more strongly than adult adiposity. Greater BMI gain in late childhood and adolescence predicts increased adult adiposity.
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