Physical activity attenuates the negative effect of low birth weight on leptin levels in European adolescents; The HELENA study

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 344-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Labayen ◽  
F.B. Ortega ◽  
L.A. Moreno ◽  
M. Gonzalez-Gross ◽  
D. Jimenez-Pavon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Helena Study

scholarly journals Physical activity during pregnancy and fetal outcomes: a case-control study

2010 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Yuri Takito ◽  
Maria Helena D'Aquino Benício
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Preterm Birth ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Intrauterine Growth Restriction ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Growth Restriction ◽  
P Value ◽  
Intrauterine Growth ◽  
Control Study

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between physical activity during the second trimester pregnancy and low birth weight, preterm birth, and intrauterine growth restriction. METHODS: Case-control study including 273 low birth weight newborns and 546 controls carried out in the city of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, in 2005. Low birth weight cases were grouped into two subsamples: preterm birth (n=117) and intrauterine growth restriction (n=134), with their related controls. Information was collected by means of interviews with mothers shortly after birth and transcription of medical records. Data were analyzed using conditional multiple and hierarchical logistic regression. RESULTS: Light physical activity for over 7 hours per day was shown to be protective against low birth weight (adjusted OR=0.61; 95% CI 0.39-0.94) with a dose-response relationship (p-value for trend=0.026). A similar trend was found for intrauterine growth restriction (adjusted OR=0.51; 95% CI 0.26-0.97). Homemaking activities were associated as a protective factor for both low birth weight and preterm birth (p-value for trend=0.013 and 0.035, respectively). Leisure-time walking was found to be protective against preterm birth. CONCLUSIONS: Mild physical activity during the second trimester of pregnancy such as walking has an independent protective effect on low birth weight, preterm birth, and intrauterine growth restriction.

scholarly journals Effect of early determinants on adolescent fat-free mass

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Raina Jansen Cutrim Propp Lima ◽  
Rosângela Fernandes Lucena Batista ◽  
Cecília Claudia Costa Ribeiro ◽  
Vanda Maria Ferreira Simões
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Physical Activity Level ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Fat Free Mass ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Adolescent Physical Activity ◽  
Negative Effect

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the effects of early determinants on adolescent fat-free mass. METHODS: A c ohort s tudy w ith 5 79 a dolescents e valuated a t b irth a nd a dolescence i n a birth cohort in São Luís, Maranhão. In the proposed model, estimated by structural equation modeling, socioeconomic status (SES) at birth, maternal age, pregestational body mass index (BMI), gestational smoking, gestational weight gain, type of delivery, gestational age, sex of the newborn, length and weight at birth, adolescent socioeconomic status, “neither study/nor work” generation, adolescent physical activity level and alcohol consumption were tested as early determinants of adolescent fat-free mass (FFM). RESULTS: A higher pregestational BMI resulted in higher FFM in adolescence (Standardized Coefficient, SC = 0.152; p < 0.001). Being female implied a lower FFM in adolescence (SC = -0.633; p < 0.001). The negative effect of gender on FFM was direct (SC = -0.523; p < 0.001), but there was an indirect negative effect via physical activity level (SC = -0.085; p < 0.001). Women were less active (p < 0.001). An increase of 0.5 kg (1 Standard Deviation, SD) in birth weight led to a gain of 0.25 kg/m2 (0.106 SD) in adolescent FFM index (p = 0.034). Not studying or working had a negative effect on the adolescent’s FFM (SC = -0.106; p = 0.015). Elevation of 1 SD in the adolescent’s physical activity level represented an increase of 0.5 kg/m2 (0.207 SD) in FFM index (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The early determinants with the greatest effects on adolescent FFM are gender, adolescent physical activity level, pregestational BMI, birth weight and belonging to the “neither-nor” generation.

Daily Physical Activity Program Increases Bone Mineralization and Growth in Preterm Very Low Birth Weight Infants

PEDIATRICS ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 106 (5) ◽  
pp. 1088-1092 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurie J. Moyer-Mileur ◽  
Vickie Brunstetter ◽  
Teresa P. McNaught ◽  
Gurmail Gill ◽  
Gary M. Chan
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
Bone Mineralization ◽  
Daily Physical Activity ◽  
Physical Activity Program ◽  
Low Birth Weight Infants ◽  
Activity Program

scholarly journals Maternal and Socio-Demographic Factors Associated with Birth Weight of Newborns Delivered at a Teaching Hospital of Dhaka City

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-52
Author(s):  
Sadia Afrin ◽  
Anisur Rahman ◽  
Afsar Ahammed ◽  
Shaila Afrin ◽  
Md Khalequzzaman Sarker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Childhood Mortality ◽  
P Value ◽  
Dhaka City ◽  
College Hospital ◽  
Significant Negative Effect ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors

Background: Birth weight is the most important predictor of newborn health and survival and is associated with higher risk of infant and childhood mortality. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the maternal and socio-demographic factors of low birth weight (LBW) newborns of mothers admitted at a teaching medical college hospital in Dhaka city of Bangladesh. Methodology: This was a cross sectional study. Interview was taken by face to face interview and was focused to obtain the information about maternal weight at onset gestation, before delivery, educational, economical status of family, antenatal care visits, maternal exposure to hypertension and anaemia. Data had been collected from interview and medical records. Results: This study revealed from multivariate liner regression analysis. In this model, birth weight had been considered as continuous variable and results had depicted the relationship of different maternal factors with birth weight. This study suggests that there were several factors which lead to LBW babies. The study shows ANC visits (p value 0.05), number of parity (p value .02) and hypertension (p value 0.02) had significant negative effect of on birth weight. Mothers who had taken less ANC visits, more chance of having LBW.Hypertensive mothers were at risk of having low birth weight babies than normotensive mothers. Number of parity was also found as a significant factor. Primi mothers were more prone to LBW. Conclusion: This study suggests that less ANC visits, increase number of parity and hypertension have significant negative effect of on birth weight. Journal of Current and Advance Medical Research 2019;6(1):47-52

scholarly journals Growth, lung function, and physical activity in schoolchildren who were very-low-birth-weight preterm infants

2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 254-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aline Dill Winck ◽  
João Paulo Heinzmann-Filho ◽  
Deise Schumann ◽  
Helen Zatti ◽  
Rita Mattiello ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Lung Function ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Preterm Infants ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
Full Term ◽  
Normal Birth Weight ◽  
Term Infants ◽  
Normal Birth

ABSTRACT Objective: To compare somatic growth, lung function, and level of physical activity in schoolchildren who had been very-low-birth-weight preterm infants (VLBWPIs) or normal-birth-weight full-term infants. Methods: We recruited two groups of schoolchildren between 8 and 11 years of age residing in the study catchment area: those who had been VLBWPIs (birth weight < 1,500 g); and those who had been normal-birth-weight full-term infants (controls, birth weight ≥ 2,500 g). Anthropometric and spirometric data were collected from the schoolchildren, who also completed a questionnaire regarding their physical activity. In addition, data regarding the perinatal and neonatal period were collected from the medical records of the VLBWPIs. Results: Of the 93 schoolchildren screened, 48 and 45 were in the VLBWPI and control groups, respectively. No significant differences were found between the groups regarding anthropometric characteristics, nutritional status, or pulmonary function. No associations were found between perinatal/neonatal variables and lung function parameters in the VLBWPI group. Although the difference was not significant, the level of physical activity was slightly higher in the VLBWPI group than in the control group. Conclusions: Among the schoolchildren evaluated here, neither growth nor lung function appear to have been affected by prematurity birth weight, or level of physical activity.

scholarly journals Comparison of physical activity and body compA validated question from the osition in a cohort of children born extremely preterm or with extremely low birth weight to matched term-born controls: a follow-up study

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. e000481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mette Engan ◽  
Maria Vollsæter ◽  
Knut Øymar ◽  
Trond Markestad ◽  
Geir Egil Eide ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Bone Mineral Density ◽  
Body Composition ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Muscle Mass ◽  
Bone Mineral ◽  
Extremely Low Birth Weight ◽  
Mineral Density ◽  
Extremely Preterm

ObjectivesTo compare physical activity and body composition in a cohort of children born extremely preterm/extremely low birth weight (EP/ELBW) with term-born (TB) controls.MethodsA regional cohort of children born during 1999–2000 at gestational age <28 weeks or with birth weight <1000 g and their individually matched TB controls were examined in 2010–2011. Information on physical activity was obtained from parental questionnaires, and body composition was determined by anthropometry and dual X-ray absorptiometry.ResultsFifty-seven EP/ELBW and 57 TB controls were included at a mean age of 11.6 years. Compared with the TB children, the EP/ELBW-born children exercised less often (22% vs 44% exercised more than 3 days per week), had lower physical endurance and poorer proficiency in sports and play and were less vigorous during exercise (p<0.05). They also had lower values (mean; 95 % CI) for muscle mass (0.9; 0.3–1.5 kg), total bone mineral density z-score (0.30; 0.13–0.52 units) and fat mass ratio (0.14; 0.06–0.21 units). The association between physical activity and bone mineral and skeletal muscle mass accrual was significantly weaker for the EP/ELBW-born than the TB children.ConclusionsThe EP/ELBW-born children were less physically active, had signs of an unfavourable body composition with less muscle mass and lower bone mineral density than the TB controls. The association between physical activity and the measures of body composition was weaker in the group of EP/ELBW-born children.

scholarly journals Lower Conditioning Leisure-Time Physical Activity in Young Adults Born Preterm at Very Low Birth Weight

PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. e32430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Kaseva ◽  
Karoliina Wehkalampi ◽  
Sonja Strang-Karlsson ◽  
Minna Salonen ◽  
Anu-Katriina Pesonen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Very Low Birth Weight ◽  
Leisure Time Physical Activity
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