Morgan J
J Hum Nutr. 1980 Apr;34(2):117-30.
In this review the question of obesity in the pre-school child has been examined in three areas of interest: first, the extent of our knowledge of food intake and its relationship to growth in the young child; secondly, the difficulties in defining obesity on a practical level in this group, and thirdly the constraints in the examination of energy balance because of the limitations of techniques available for this type of work. The conclusion is that studies are needed to analyse factors regulating energy balance, and thereby explain why, in the very young child, there is an individual difference in the utilization of energy for growth, activity and basal processes.
在这篇综述中，从三个感兴趣的领域探讨了学前儿童肥胖问题：第一，我们对幼儿食物摄入量及其与生长关系的了解程度；第二，在实际层面上为该群体定义肥胖的困难；第三，由于适用于这类研究的技术有限，在研究能量平衡时所受到的限制。结论是，需要开展研究来分析调节能量平衡的因素，从而解释为什么在幼儿中，能量在生长、活动和基础代谢过程中的利用存在个体差异。
