Abstract
Increasing prevalence of infant and childhood obesity around the world is a major public health concern [1]. If current trends continue, the number of overweight or obese infants and young children globally will increase to 70 million by 2025 [2]. Without the implementation of secondary prevention or early intervention programs, obese infants and young children will likely continue to be obese during childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Determining the early life factors associated with obesity is key to developing early intervention strategies and preventing obesity among young children in the first few years of life. Thus, there is an urgent need for a better understanding of the effect of early life factors on overweight and obesity and, more importantly, for the development of effective early interventions.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 3642818 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Obesity |
| Volume | 2017 |
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| Publication status | Published - 5 Feb 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License,which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Keywords
- childhood obesity
- obesity interventions
- obesity risk factors
- early life factors