Early childhood poverty, cumulative risk exposure, and body mass index trajectories through young adulthood

N.M. Wells, G.W. Evans, A. Beavis and A.D. Ong

American Journal of Public Health, 2010, vol. 100, issue 12, 2507-2512

Abstract: Objectives. We assessed whether cumulative risk exposure underlies the relation between early childhood poverty and body mass index (BMI) trajectories. Methods. We interviewed youths and their mothers in rural upstate New York (168 boys and 158 girls) from 1995 to 2006 when the youths were aged 9, 13, and 17 years. At each interview, we calculated their BMI-for-age percentile. Results. Early childhood poverty predicted BMI growth trajectories from ages 9 to 17 years (b=3.64; SE=1.39; P

Date: 2010
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