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- Title
Influence of birth size on body composition in early adulthood: the programming factors for growth and metabolism (PROGRAM)-study.
- Authors
Leunissen, R W J; Stijnen, T; Hokken-Koelega, A C S
- Abstract
Several studies have investigated the relationship of birth size with fat mass and lean body mass (LBM), but the findings differed greatly due to different ways of measuring FM and LBM, different study populations and age groups. We hypothesized that birth size has no influence on adult body composition, whereas weight gain during childhood has.
- Publication
Clinical endocrinology, 2009, Vol 70, Issue 2, p245
- ISSN
1365-2265
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03320.x