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Infant Motor Milestones and Childhood Overweight: Trends over Two Decades in A Large Twin Cohort
Background: Poor motor skill competence may influence energy balance with childhood overweight as a result. Our aim was to investigate whether the age of motor milestone achievement has changed over the past decades and whether this change may contribute to the increasing trend observed in childhood...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7178093/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32244434 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072366 |
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author | Brouwer, Silvia I. Stolk, Ronald P. Bartels, Meike van Beijsterveld, Toos C.E.M. Boomsma, Dorret I. Corpeleijn, Eva |
author_facet | Brouwer, Silvia I. Stolk, Ronald P. Bartels, Meike van Beijsterveld, Toos C.E.M. Boomsma, Dorret I. Corpeleijn, Eva |
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description | Background: Poor motor skill competence may influence energy balance with childhood overweight as a result. Our aim was to investigate whether the age of motor milestone achievement has changed over the past decades and whether this change may contribute to the increasing trend observed in childhood overweight. Methods: Motor skill competence was assessed in children from the Young Netherlands Twin Register born between 1987 and 2007. Follow-up ranged from 4 up to 10 years. Weight and height were assessed at birth, 6 months, 14 months, and 2, 4, 7, and 10 years. Results: Babies born in later cohorts achieved their motor milestones ‘crawling’, ‘standing’, and ‘walking unassisted’ later compared to babies born in earlier cohorts (N = 18,514, p < 0.001). The prevalence of overweight at age 10 was higher in later cohorts (p = 0.033). The increase in overweight at age 10 was not explained by achieving motor milestones at a later age and this persisted after adjusting for gestational age, sex, and socioeconomic status. Conclusion: Comparing children born in 1987 to those born in 2007, we conclude that children nowadays achieve their motor milestones at a later age. This does not however, explain the increasing trend in childhood overweight. |
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spelling | pubmed-71780932020-04-28 Infant Motor Milestones and Childhood Overweight: Trends over Two Decades in A Large Twin Cohort Brouwer, Silvia I. Stolk, Ronald P. Bartels, Meike van Beijsterveld, Toos C.E.M. Boomsma, Dorret I. Corpeleijn, Eva Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: Poor motor skill competence may influence energy balance with childhood overweight as a result. Our aim was to investigate whether the age of motor milestone achievement has changed over the past decades and whether this change may contribute to the increasing trend observed in childhood overweight. Methods: Motor skill competence was assessed in children from the Young Netherlands Twin Register born between 1987 and 2007. Follow-up ranged from 4 up to 10 years. Weight and height were assessed at birth, 6 months, 14 months, and 2, 4, 7, and 10 years. Results: Babies born in later cohorts achieved their motor milestones ‘crawling’, ‘standing’, and ‘walking unassisted’ later compared to babies born in earlier cohorts (N = 18,514, p < 0.001). The prevalence of overweight at age 10 was higher in later cohorts (p = 0.033). The increase in overweight at age 10 was not explained by achieving motor milestones at a later age and this persisted after adjusting for gestational age, sex, and socioeconomic status. Conclusion: Comparing children born in 1987 to those born in 2007, we conclude that children nowadays achieve their motor milestones at a later age. This does not however, explain the increasing trend in childhood overweight. MDPI 2020-03-31 2020-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7178093/ /pubmed/32244434 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072366 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Brouwer, Silvia I. Stolk, Ronald P. Bartels, Meike van Beijsterveld, Toos C.E.M. Boomsma, Dorret I. Corpeleijn, Eva Infant Motor Milestones and Childhood Overweight: Trends over Two Decades in A Large Twin Cohort |
title | Infant Motor Milestones and Childhood Overweight: Trends over Two Decades in A Large Twin Cohort |
title_full | Infant Motor Milestones and Childhood Overweight: Trends over Two Decades in A Large Twin Cohort |
title_fullStr | Infant Motor Milestones and Childhood Overweight: Trends over Two Decades in A Large Twin Cohort |
title_full_unstemmed | Infant Motor Milestones and Childhood Overweight: Trends over Two Decades in A Large Twin Cohort |
title_short | Infant Motor Milestones and Childhood Overweight: Trends over Two Decades in A Large Twin Cohort |
title_sort | infant motor milestones and childhood overweight: trends over two decades in a large twin cohort |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7178093/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32244434 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072366 |
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