Longitudinal effect of sexual maturation on weight status in children aged 9 to 12 years

Cecília Burigo Corrêa; Aline Krein Molleta; Silmara Salete de Barros Silva Mastroeni; Marco Fabio Mastroeni

doi:10.52521/nutrivisa.v12i1.16047

Autores

Cecília Burigo Corrêa Universidade da Região de Joinville (UNIVILLE), Joinville/SC, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8176-8334
Aline Krein Molleta Universidade da Região de Joinville (UNIVILLE), Joinville/SC, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3322-8100
Silmara Salete de Barros Silva Mastroeni Universidade da Região de Joinville (UNIVILLE), Joinville/SC, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0559-1797
Marco Fabio Mastroeni Universidade da Região de Joinville (UNIVILLE), Joinville/SC, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9276-8866

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52521/nutrivisa.v12i1.16047

Resumo

Determining the stages of sexual maturation is important for observing the relationship with different factors associated with negative outcomes for the child throughout life. In this study we investigated the longitudinal effect of sexual maturation on excess body weight in children aged 9 to 12 years. This study is part of a larger study, named the Predictors of Maternal and Infant Excess Body Weight (PREDI) Study, and used data from mother-child pairs obtained at baseline and 1^st, 4^th and 5^th follow-ups. Child sexual maturation was assessed according to Tanner stages. Descriptive analysis and Poisson regression models adjusted for important covariates were used to examine the effect of sexual maturation on the child’s weight status at 9 and 12 years of age. Being large for gestational age (42.4%) and an excessive pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) of the mother (42.3%) were significantly associated (p<0.05) with excess body weight in children at 9 years of age. However, no longitudinal effect of sexual maturation on weight status was found in children from 9 to 12 years of age. Pre-pregnancy BMI and weight status at birth continue to be important predictors of excess body weight in children over the years. Primary health care that follows the mother from prenatal care through the early stages of the child’s development is the best strategy to prevent excess weight in both the mother and the child over the years.

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