Growth from infancy to adulthood and associations with cardiometabolic health in individuals born extremely preterm
Extremely preterm infants show catch up weight and body mass index to young adulthood, which may not be desirable as it is associated with poorer cardiometabolic health.
Further research focusing on ideal catch up weight, as well as interventions to reduce cardiometabolic risk are required.
Have a read of the article published in The Lancet here.
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