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      [Birth weight and overweight in childhood: a systematic review].

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          Birth weight is associated with overweight and obesity in childhood. However, results are controversial. The aim of this systematic review is to identify concordant and contradictory aspects on the association between birth weight and overweight in children up to seven years of age. The first eight articles were selected in a previous review evaluating risk factors for childhood obesity. The search in PubMed between 1993 and 2004, using keywords "birth weight AND childhood", "obesity" and "overweight", together with the previous ones added up to 20 papers conforming the review criteria. Despite the studies' heterogeneity, a positive association between birth weight and some kind of childhood obesity was predominant among the published papers. Meanwhile, the inconsistency of some aspects related to birth weight and childhood obesity suggests the need for an approach allowing the inclusion of some context effects on the childhood obesity risk factors framework.

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          Journal
          Cad Saude Publica
          Cadernos de saude publica
          0102-311X
          0102-311X
          Nov 2006
          : 22
          : 11
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. elianab@ensp.fiocruz.br
          Article
          S0102-311X2006001100003
          17091166
          5b4cfb84-793b-41c5-8879-bc4d04057006
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