Abstract | BACKGROUND:
Overweight in early childhood often tracks into adolescence and adulthood and early childhood is a critical period for developing sustained overweight. This study aims to investigate the early detection of childhood overweight (including obesity) and related cardiometabolic complications in a Danish population-based cohort of children aged 2.5-8 years in collaboration with primary care municipal dental clinics and public health nurses. METHODS: In this prospective population-based cohort study, 335 pre-school children (age 2.5 and 5 years) were recruited from municipal dental clinics, and 657 school children (age 6-8 years) by public health nurses. A subgroup of 392 children (40%) participated in additional hospital-based examinations including blood pressure measurement and a blood sample. Children were re-examined approximately one year later. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS: Existing contacts with the primary health care sector, including dental care, can successfully be used for detection of overweight. This study suggests that early detection should be initiated at pre-school ages since overweight-related complications are already established by school ages.
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Authors | Christine Frithioff-Bøjsøe, Morten Asp Vonsild Lund, Ulrik Lausten-Thomsen, Cilius Esmann Fonvig, Ida Olivia Juhl Lankjær, Tina Hansen, Torben Hansen, Jennifer Lyn Baker, Jens-Christian Holm |
Journal | Obesity research & clinical practice
(Obes Res Clin Pract)
2022 May-Jun
Vol. 16
Issue 3
Pg. 228-234
ISSN: 1871-403X [Print] Netherlands |
PMID | 35514021
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved. |
Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Body Mass Index
- Cardiovascular Diseases
(etiology)
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cohort Studies
- Denmark
(epidemiology)
- Humans
- Overweight
(complications, epidemiology)
- Pediatric Obesity
(complications, diagnosis, epidemiology)
- Prospective Studies
- Risk Factors
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