Relative weight gain and obesity as a child predict metabolic syndrome as an adult

OBJECTIVE: To examine whether birth weight, weight gain from birth to the age of seven or body-mass index at the age of seven have any association with metabolic syndrome as an adult. DESIGN: A population study. SUBJECTS: 210 men and 218 women out of a total 712 subjects aged 36, 41 or 46 years in Pieksamaki town, Finland. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Weight at birth and weight and height at the age of seven and metabolic syndrome defined as a...