Institute of Sportstudies, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Zernikeplein 17, 9747 AS Groningen, The Netherlands.
Department of Epidemilogy, University Medical Center Groningen, PO Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Mar 31;17(7):2366. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072366.
Poor motor skill competence may influence energy balance with childhood overweight as a result. Our aim was to investigate whether the age of motor milestone achievement has changed over the past decades and whether this change may contribute to the increasing trend observed in childhood overweight.
Motor skill competence was assessed in children from the Young Netherlands Twin Register born between 1987 and 2007. Follow-up ranged from 4 up to 10 years. Weight and height were assessed at birth, 6 months, 14 months, and 2, 4, 7, and 10 years.
Babies born in later cohorts achieved their motor milestones 'crawling', 'standing', and 'walking unassisted' later compared to babies born in earlier cohorts (N = 18,514, p < 0.001). The prevalence of overweight at age 10 was higher in later cohorts (p = 0.033). The increase in overweight at age 10 was not explained by achieving motor milestones at a later age and this persisted after adjusting for gestational age, sex, and socioeconomic status.
Comparing children born in 1987 to those born in 2007, we conclude that children nowadays achieve their motor milestones at a later age. This does not however, explain the increasing trend in childhood overweight.
运动技能较差可能会影响儿童期的能量平衡，从而导致超重。我们的目的是调查运动里程碑的达成年龄是否在过去几十年中发生了变化，以及这种变化是否可能导致儿童超重的趋势不断增加。
在 1987 年至 2007 年间出生于荷兰双胞胎登记处的儿童中评估了运动技能能力。随访时间从 4 年到 10 年不等。在出生、6 个月、14 个月以及 2 岁、4 岁、7 岁和 10 岁时评估了体重和身高。
与更早出生的婴儿相比，较晚出生的婴儿在达到运动里程碑“爬行”、“站立”和“独立行走”方面的时间更晚（N=18514，p<0.001）。10 岁时超重的患病率在较晚出生的婴儿中更高（p=0.033）。10 岁时超重的增加不能用较晚达到运动里程碑来解释，而且在调整了胎龄、性别和社会经济地位后，这种情况仍然存在。
将 1987 年出生的儿童与 2007 年出生的儿童进行比较，我们得出的结论是，现在的儿童达到运动里程碑的年龄较晚。然而，这并不能解释儿童超重趋势的增加。
