Being big or growing fast: systematic review of size and growth in infancy and later obesity -- Baird et al. 331 (7522): 929 -- BMJ

Being big or growing fast: systematic review of size and growth in infancy and later obesity -- Baird et al. 331 (7522): 929 -- BMJ: "Being big or growing fast: systematic review of size and growth in infancy and later obesity
Janis Baird, research fellow1, David Fisher, research assistant1, Patricia Lucas, lecturer2, Jos Kleijnen, director3, Helen Roberts, professor of child health4, Catherine Law, reader in children's health5
1 MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, 2 School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TZ, 3 Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, York YO10 5DD, 4 Child Health Research and Policy Unit, City University, London EC1Y 4TY, 5 Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH
Correspondence to: J Baird jb@mrc.soton.ac.uk

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Objectives To assess the association between infant size or growth and subsequent obesity and to determine if any association has been stable over time.
Design Systematic review.
Data sources Medline, Embase, bibliographies of included studies, contact with first authors of included studies and other experts.
Inclusion criteria Studies that assessed the relation between infant size or growth during the first two years of life and subsequent obesity.
Main outcome measure Obesity at any age after infancy.
Results 24 studies met the inclusion criteria (22 cohort and two case-control studies). Of these, 18 assessed the relation between infant size and subsequent obesity, most showing that infants who were defined a"