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<\/a>The study,<\/a> published in Maternal & Child Nutrition, used the nutrition and anthropometric data of all children born in Iceland between January 2009 and June 2015.<\/p>\n The authors detail that nutrition during the first year of life undergoes significant changes, transitioning from breast milk to foods.<\/p>\n The study includes the timing of transitioning from exclusive breastfeeding to the introduction of semi\u2010solid or solid foods, dietary diversity, vitamin D supplementation, and cow\u2019s milk after 12 months old.<\/p>\n Seven percent of children were categorized as overweight or obese at 2.5 years old and 4% at four years old. At age six, 27% were overweight and 8% of those obese, and 38% overweight at nine years old, out of which 15% were obese.<\/p>\n The children in the two lowest quintiles had higher obesity odds (38\u201358%) when reaching age six and nine, compared to the children in the highest IDS quintile.<\/p>\n Childhood and adolescent obesity and overweight rates quadrupled globally between 1990 and 2022, according to data from the WHO. Obesity has also overtaken undernutrition<\/a> among children globally.<\/p>\n A previous study found that food insecurity in the early lives of children or their pregnant mothers also increases kids\u2019 chance of developing obesity<\/a>, or severe obesity, in childhood and adolescence by 50%.<\/p>\nBased on the findings, the scientists encourage people to follow public nutritional guidelines.Global issue<\/p>\n