Early Origins of Child Obesity: Bridging Disciplines and Phases of Development - September 30–October 1, 2010

Katherine Kaufer Christoffel, Xiaobin Wang and Helen J. Binns
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Katherine Kaufer Christoffel: Center on Obesity Management and Prevention, Mary Ann and J. Milburn Smith Child Health Research Program, Children’s Memorial Research Center, 2300 Children’s Plaza, P.O. Box 157, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
Xiaobin Wang: Center on the Early Life Origins of Disease, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, E4132, Baltimore, MD 21205-2179, USA
Helen J. Binns: Center on Obesity Management and Prevention, Mary Ann and J. Milburn Smith Child Health Research Program, Children’s Memorial Research Center, 2300 Children’s Plaza, P.O. Box 157, Chicago, IL 60614, USA

IJERPH, 2012, vol. 9, issue 4, 1-36

Abstract: This report summarizes a conference: “Early Origins of Child Obesity: Bridging Disciplines and Phases of Development”, held in Chicago on September 30–October 1, 2010. The conference was funded in part by the National Institutes of Health and the Williams Heart Foundation, to achieve the conference objective: forging a next-step research agenda related to the early origins of childhood obesity. This research agenda was to include working with an array of factors (from genetic determinants to societal ones) along a continuum from prenatal life to age 7, with an emphasis on how the developing child deals with the challenges presented by his/her environment (prenatal, parental, nutritional, etc .). The conference offered a unique opportunity to facilitate communication and planning of future work among a variety of researchers whose work separately addresses different periods in early life. Over the span of two days, speakers addressed existing, critical research topics within each of the most-studied age ranges. On the final day, workshops fostered the discussion needed to identify the highest priority research topics related to linking varied early factor domains. These are presented for use in planning future research and research funding.

Keywords: child obesity; critical periods; early childhood (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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