Authors Mohammod Mostazir, Alison Jeffery, Jo Hosking, Brad Metcalf, Linda Voss, Terence Wilkin
Published by International Journal of Obesity, September 2016
SUMMARY
The team analysed data gathered from 279 schoolchildren in the Earlybird study, based in Plymouth, which took place between 2000 and 2012. The children were assessed every six months between the ages of five and 16. Blood samples were taken to assess metabolic health. Children's size, body composition - the proportion of fat, water, bone and muscle - metabolic rate and phsyical activity, were also measured. For this paper, the team tracked the children between the ages of seven and 16.
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