No seasonality of birth in BMI at 7years of age

Camilla Bjørn Jensen; Thorkild I A Sørensen; Berit L Heitmann

doi:10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2016.08.007

No seasonality of birth in BMI at 7years of age

Early Hum Dev. 2016 Dec:103:129-131. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2016.08.007. Epub 2016 Sep 3.

Authors

Camilla Bjørn Jensen¹, Thorkild I A Sørensen², Berit L Heitmann³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Preventive Medicine, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, the Capital Region, Copenhagen, Denmark. Electronic address: camilla.bjoern.jensen@regionh.dk.
² Institute of Preventive Medicine, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, the Capital Region, Copenhagen, Denmark; Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
³ Research Unit for Dietary Studies, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, the Capital Region, Copenhagen, Denmark; The Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise & Eating Disorders, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; The National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark; Section for General Practice, The Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

PMID: 27598579
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2016.08.007

Abstract

Seasonal variation in birth weight was found in a previous Danish study. In the present study we investigated if the seasonality in birth weight tracked into BMI at 7years of age, but found no seasonality of birth in either BMI, overweight, or obesity.

Keywords: Body mass index; Obesity; Overweight; Season of birth.

MeSH terms

Birth Certificates*
Body Mass Index*
Child
Denmark
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male
Obesity / epidemiology*
Seasons*