hrp0086fc4.6 | Pathophysiology of Obesity | ESPE2016

The Rise and Fall of the Swedish Childhood Obesity Epidemic – The BEST Cohort

Bygdell Maria , Ohlsson Claes , Celind Jimmy , Saternus Jakob , Sonden Arvid , Kindblom Jenny

Background: Childhood obesity increases the risk for adult obesity and cardio metabolic disease.Objective and hypotheses: The aim with the present study was to investigate longitudinal changes of childhood body mass index (BMI), overweight, and obesity in boys born 1946 until present time, using the population-based BMI Epidemiology STudy (BEST) cohort in Gothenburg, Sweden.Method: We collected detailed growth data (height and weig...