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Glossary

Term	Definition
Leptin	Hormone released when fat levels in the blood rise.

Resources

Title
Redsell SA, Slater V, Rose J, Olander E, Matvienko-Sikar K. Barriers and enablers to Caregivers Responsive Feeding Behaviours: A systematic review to inform childhood obesity prevention. Obesity Reviews, 2021;22(7) e13228. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/obr.13228
Weng SF, Redsell SA, Nathan D, Swift JA, Yang M, Glazebrook C (2013) Estimating overweight risk from predictors during infancy. Pediatrics. 132(2): e414-21.
Woo Baidal JA, Locks LM, Cheng LM, Cheng ER, Blake-Lamb TL, Perkins ME, Taveras EM (2013) Risk factors for childhood obesity in the first 1,000 days: A systematic review. American Journal of Preventive Medicine ;50(6):761-779.
Redsell SA, Weng S, Swift JA, Nathan D, Glazebrook C (2016). Validation, Optimal Threshold Determination, and Clinical Utility of the Infant Risk of Overweight Checklist for Early Prevention of Child Overweight. Childhood Obesity, 12(3):202-9
Redsell S, Rose J, Weng S, Ablewhite, J Swift JA, Siriwardena ANS, Nathan D, Weng S, Wharrad H, Atkinson P, Watson V, McMaster F. Ong K, Lakshman R, Glazebrook C. (2017) Digital Technology to facilitate Proactive Assessment of Obesity Risk during infancy (PROASK): a feasibility study. BMJ Open, 7 (9)
Weng SF, Redsell SA, Swift JA, Yang M, Glazebrook C. Systematic review and meta-analysis of the risk factors for childhood overweight that can be identified during infancy. Archives of Diseases in Childhood. 2012;97(12): 1019–1026.
Canfell O, Littlewood R, Wright ORL, Walker JL Clinical relevance and validity of tools to predict infant, childhood and adulthood obesity: a systematic review. Public Health Nutrition 2019:21(17): 3135-3147
Rose J, Glazebrook C, Wharrad H, Siriwardena AN, Swift JA, Nathan D, Weng S, Atkinson PJ, Ablewhite J, McMaster F, Watson V, Redsell SA Proactive Assessment of Obesity Risk during Infancy (ProAsk): A qualitative study of parents' and professionals' perspectives on a mHealth intervention. BMC Public Health 2019 (1) DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-6616-5

Learning outcomes

By completing this resource you will be able to:

• understand the rationale for early identification of infants at risk of overweight
• identify risk factors for child overweight which can be identified in the first year of life
• use the IROC checklist to assess and understand an infant's risk of overweight

This resource was developed by:

Content Authors: Cris Glazebrook, Sarah Redsell, Stephen Weng, Maria Bacila, Amy Mcdonald

Narrator: Thanks to Meghna Patel, third year medical student at the University of Nottingham, for narrating this resource.

Project Mentor: Heather Wharrad

Project Developer: Michael Taylor

Project Development Officer: Lydia Jones

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