Babies who are stunted have an increased risk of developing a metabolic disorder.
It's a bit counterintuitive, to be honest.
A newborn whose birth weight is lower than others is not expected to be at greater risk of becoming obese later.
Nor that a low-weight premature baby later develops an increased risk of diabetes or coronary artery disease.
However,
“
it has been shown that the lower the birth weight, the higher the body mass index is likely to be subsequently and the greater the risk of obesity, type
2 diabetes and coronary artery disease
”,
explains Professor Jean-Charles Picaud, pediatrician in neonatology at Croix-Rousse hospital (Lyon University Hospital).
In 2019, a meta-analysis of 43 studies published in
The
Journal of Pediatrics
showed an increased risk of metabolic syndrome in premature babies.
In a cohort of very premature babies born in 1997 with frequent postnatal growth deficiency, a study conducted in Nantes
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