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## Abstract ## Background International guidelines recommend that children older than 2 years of age consume reduced fat (0.1-2%) instead of whole cow’s milk (3.25% fat) to prevent childhood obesity, but these guidelines are consensus-based and have a low GRADE level of evidence. ## Objectives The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the longitudinal relationship between cow’s milk fat (0.1-3.25%) intake and Body Mass Index z-score (zBMI) in children aged 9 months to 8 years. The secondary objective was to determine the relationship between cow’s milk fat intake and odds of overweight (zBMI >1) and obesity (zBMI > 2). ## Design/Methods A prospective cohort study of children 9 months to 8 years of age was conducted through the TARGet Kids! primary care research network. The primary exposure was cow’s milk fat consumption (skim (0.1%), 1%, 2%, or whole [3.25%]), measured by parental report. The primary outcome was zBMI, an age and sex adjusted measure of child adiposity. Height and weight were measured by trained research assistants and zBMI was determined according to the WHO growth standards. A linear mixed effects model and logistic generalized estimating equations were

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Author

Shelley Vanderhout; Charles Keown-Stoneman; Catherine Birken; Kevin Thorpe; Deborah O’Connor; Jonathon Maguire

Publisher

Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press (OUP) (ISSN 1205-7088)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)