PMID- 26933953
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170223
LR  - 20170223
IS  - 1541-1087 (Electronic)
IS  - 0731-5724 (Linking)
VI  - 35
IP  - 4
DP  - 2016 May-Jun
TI  - Energy Balance-Related Behaviors, Perinatal, Sociodemographic, and Parental Risk 
      Factors Associated with Obesity in Italian Preschoolers.
PG  - 362-71
LID - 10.1080/07315724.2015.1070699 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: The obesity epidemic stems from the complex interplay between genetics 
      and environmental factors. Identifying age-specific risk factors in preschoolers 
      may allow implementing more effective intervention strategies. The aim of the 
      present investigation was to examine the association of overweight/obesity with 
      several perinatal, parental, socioeconomic status (SES), and lifestyle-related 
      risk factors in a large sample of Italian preschoolers. METHODS: One thousand 
      eleven children (age 2.0 to 5.7 years) were included in the study. Family 
      pediatricians measured weight and height and collected information on obesity 
      risk factors by means of questionnaires. Perinatal risk factors were recalled 
      from electronic medical records. Weight status was defined according to cutoffs 
      of the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF). RESULTS: Seven hundred sixty-four 
      children (75.6%) were normal weight, and 247 (24.4%) were overweight/obese. 
      Multivariate analysis showed that skipping breakfast (odds ratio [OR] = 3.7; 95% 
      confidence interval [CI], 1.32-10.51), daily drinking of sugar-sweetened 
      beverages (OR = 2.0; 95% CI, 1.02-4.03), meat consumption <5 times/week (OR = 
      2.2; 95% CI, 1.11-4.57), and formula feeding (OR = 2.1; 95% CI, 0.8-4.5) were 
      significantly (p < 0.05) associated with increased risk of obesity. CONCLUSIONS: 
      Though exclusive formula or mixed feeding represents an age-specific risk factor 
      for overweight/obesity, lifestyle factors associated with increased risk in 
      Italian preschoolers include habits that are common to school-age children, such 
      as skipping breakfast and consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages. The reduced 
      consumption of meat emerged as a risk factor for overweight/obesity, but future 
      research is required to better understand this relationship. Our data suggest, on 
      the whole, that prevention of such unhealthy behaviors must be pursued in 
      preschoolers by means of age-specific interventions.
FAU - Shashaj, Blegina
AU  - Shashaj B
AD  - a Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital, IRCCS , Rome , ITALY.
FAU - Graziani, Maria P
AU  - Graziani MP
AD  - b Federazione Italiana Medici Pediatri, FIMP , Rome , ITALY.
FAU - Contoli, Benedetta
AU  - Contoli B
AD  - a Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital, IRCCS , Rome , ITALY.
FAU - Ciuffo, Cristina
AU  - Ciuffo C
AD  - b Federazione Italiana Medici Pediatri, FIMP , Rome , ITALY.
FAU - Cives, Claudia
AU  - Cives C
AD  - b Federazione Italiana Medici Pediatri, FIMP , Rome , ITALY.
FAU - Facciolini, Sandra
AU  - Facciolini S
AD  - b Federazione Italiana Medici Pediatri, FIMP , Rome , ITALY.
FAU - Rigoni, Maria L
AU  - Rigoni ML
AD  - b Federazione Italiana Medici Pediatri, FIMP , Rome , ITALY.
FAU - Spaterna, Stefania
AU  - Spaterna S
AD  - b Federazione Italiana Medici Pediatri, FIMP , Rome , ITALY.
FAU - Taucci, Mauro
AU  - Taucci M
AD  - b Federazione Italiana Medici Pediatri, FIMP , Rome , ITALY.
FAU - Raponi, Massimiliano
AU  - Raponi M
AD  - a Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital, IRCCS , Rome , ITALY.
FAU - Manco, Melania
AU  - Manco M
AD  - a Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital, IRCCS , Rome , ITALY.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20160302
PL  - United States
TA  - J Am Coll Nutr
JT  - Journal of the American College of Nutrition
JID - 8215879
RN  - 0 (Dietary Sucrose)
SB  - IM
MH  - *Behavior
MH  - Beverages
MH  - Body Weight
MH  - Breakfast
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Diet
MH  - Dietary Sucrose/administration & dosage
MH  - *Energy Metabolism
MH  - Feeding Behavior
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Behavior
MH  - Humans
MH  - Italy/epidemiology
MH  - Life Style
MH  - Male
MH  - Meat
MH  - Overweight/epidemiology
MH  - Parents
MH  - Pediatric Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - *and general nutrition
OT  - *children
OT  - *diets
OT  - *exercise
OT  - *obesity
EDAT- 2016/03/05 06:00
MHDA- 2017/02/24 06:00
CRDT- 2016/03/03 06:00
PHST- 2016/03/03 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/03/05 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/02/24 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1080/07315724.2015.1070699 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Am Coll Nutr. 2016 May-Jun;35(4):362-71. doi: 10.1080/07315724.2015.1070699. 
      Epub 2016 Mar 2.