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Systematic review and meta-analyses of risk factors for childhood overweight identifiable during infancy (2012)
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Weng, S. F., Redsell, S. A., Swift, J. A., Yang, M., & Glazebrook, C. P. (2012). Systematic review and meta-analyses of risk factors for childhood overweight identifiable during infancy. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 97(12), https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2012-302263

Objective To determine risk factors for childhood overweight that can be identified during the first year of life to facilitate early identification and targeted intervention. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Search strategy Electroni... Read More about Systematic review and meta-analyses of risk factors for childhood overweight identifiable during infancy.

UK health visitors' role in identifying and intervening with infants at risk of developing obesity: Health visitors' and infant obesity risk (2012)
Journal Article
Redsell, S. A., Swift, J. A., Nathan, D., Siriwardena, A. N., Atkinson, P., & Glazebrook, C. (2013). UK health visitors' role in identifying and intervening with infants at risk of developing obesity: Health visitors' and infant obesity risk. Maternal and Child Nutrition, 9(3), 396-408. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-8709.2012.00427.x

Childhood obesity is associated with a number of modifiable risk factors that can be identified during infancy or earlier. In the UK, health visitors advise parents about infant feeding, but little is known about their role in obesity prevention. The... Read More about UK health visitors' role in identifying and intervening with infants at risk of developing obesity: Health visitors' and infant obesity risk.