“Mathis has always been a chubby baby and a bit round child. But when he was barely 3 years old, the doctor warned me that he was grossly overweight and that if this continued he would become obese. I fell from the clouds, I did not find it at all big and I thought that everything was fine. I discovered the notion of '
early rebound of adiposity
'”
, testifies Julie.
This “early adiposity rebound” is indeed considered by doctors as a warning sign.
What are we talking about exactly?
In children, the body mass index (BMI, calculated by dividing the weight by the square of the height) varies physiologically with age.
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“From birth to 1 year, the BMI is growing rapidly. With the acquisition of walking, it will decrease until the age of 6 -7 years, when it is the weakest. Then it will increase again. This is called rebound adiposity. If this phenomenon takes place earlier and nothing is done, the child risks becoming…
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