Timing of Adiposity Rebound and Determinants of Early Adiposity Rebound in Korean Infants and Children Based on Data from the National Health Insurance Service.

Eun Kyoung Goh,So Ra Yoon,Hyo Jeong Jeon,Oh Yoen Kim

doi:10.3390/nu14050929

Abstract

Adiposity rebound (AR) is defined as the second rise in the body mass index (BMI) usually occurring in early childhood. This study aimed to investigate the timing of AR and the factors determining early AR (EAR) by tracking BMI patterns using large-scale longitudinal nationwide data (n = 142,668; 73,389 boys and 69,279 girls) over seven time periods (4–6, 9–12, 18–24, 30–36, 42–48, 54–60, and 66–71 months). The average BMI rebound indicating AR was found before the age of 5 years (6th time period, 54–60 months). Interestingly, children experiencing BMI rebound during the 4th to 6th time periods showed a small increase in the proportion of underweight in the 2nd time period, but a dramatically higher proportion of underweight during the corresponding time period, similar to M-shaped patterns. In contrast, overweight or obese children in the above group showed opposite W-shaped patterns. The parameters predicting the risk of EAR are diverse for each time period by sex. Adequate breastfeeding before the age of 1 year, adequate diet, and reduced sugar-sweetened beverage consumption after the age of 1 year were important for reducing EAR. This study presents for the first time, the timing of AR and the major determinants of EAR among Korean infants and children based on large-scale nationwide data.

Highlights

The proportion of obesity among Korean children and adolescents has been continuously increasing by 0.5% and more every year [1]
It was reported that the proportion of obesity in boys and girls at the age of 6 years was 8.1% and 8.9%, respectively, which rapidly increased up to 29.2% and 18.8% at the age of 18 years, respectively [1]
According to a report by Rolland-Cachera et al [4], adiposity rebound (AR) is defined as the second rise in body mass index (BMI) usually occurring in early childhood

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Introduction

The proportion of obesity among Korean children and adolescents has been continuously increasing by 0.5% and more every year [1]. It was reported that the proportion of obesity in boys and girls at the age of 6 years was 8.1% and 8.9%, respectively, which rapidly increased up to 29.2% and 18.8% at the age of 18 years, respectively [1]. Childhood obesity is known to be the main cause of metabolic syndrome and chronic diseases such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes (T2DM), and fatty liver disease [2]. Several large-scale cohort studies have demonstrated that the timing of adiposity rebound (AR) is an important indicator of the development of obesity after school age [3–9]. The average age of AR was 5.5 years in the US cohort data [9], and 6.6 years for boys and 6.0 years for girls in the

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