Conference paper
The role of early life nutrition in obesity prevention
45th Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (Wuhan, China, 25/10/2013–27/10/2013)
2013
Abstract
Obesity rates have increased rapidly throughout the world with more than 900 million adults having a body mass index of greater than 25. As the increase in obesity is beginning in infants and pre - school age children there has been increasing emphasis on risk factors for obesity in early life, reinforced by increasing interest in the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHAD) hypothesis. Prenatal nutrition is important with weight gain and birthweight related to subsequent obesity. The promotion of exclusive breastfeeding, reducing prelacteal feeds and the appropriate use of complementary foods remain the best public health strategies for controlling future obesity.
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- Title
- The role of early life nutrition in obesity prevention
- Authors/Creators
- C. Binns (Author/Creator)M.K. Lee (Author/Creator)R. Xu (Author/Creator)
- Conference
- 45th Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (Wuhan, China, 25/10/2013–27/10/2013)
- Identifiers
- 991005543441907891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Health Professions
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
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