First-borns have a higher metabolic rate and carry a higher metabolic risk in young women attending a weight loss clinic

First-borns have a higher metabolic rate and carry a higher metabolic risk in young women attending a weight loss clinic

BACKGROUND: Birth order has been associated with variability in early life growth and subsequent obesity risk, but the consequent metabolic risks have not been assessed. OBJECTIVE: To quantify the metabolic risk in young adulthood of being first-born relative to those born second or subsequently. ME...

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Veröffentlicht in:Eating and weight disorders 2011-09, Vol.16 (3), p.e171-e176
Hauptverfasser: Siervo, M., Stephan, B. C. M., Colantuoni, A., Wells, J. C. K.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adiposity - physiology
Adolescent
Adult
Basal Metabolism - physiology
Birth Order
Body Composition - physiology
Female
Humans
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Metabolism
Obesity - metabolism
Original Research Paper
Psychiatry
Weight Loss - physiology
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Zusammenfassung:BACKGROUND: Birth order has been associated with variability in early life growth and subsequent obesity risk, but the consequent metabolic risks have not been assessed. OBJECTIVE: To quantify the metabolic risk in young adulthood of being first-born relative to those born second or subsequently. METHODS: Body composition, resting metabolic rate and metabolic risk were assessed in 383 women, aged 18–35 years, from a clinical setting in southern Italy. RESULTS: First-borns had increased body mass index, adiposity and metabolic risk (p
ISSN:1124-4909
1590-1262
DOI:10.1007/BF03325128