RELATION BETWEEN THE GROWTH OF 018 MONTHOLD INFANTS AND BMI OF THEIR MOTHERS

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Background. Overweight and obesity belong to major civilisation diseases in developed countries. Their impact is recorded not only for mothers (loss of breastfeeding, especially after 4-6 months after delivery) but also on the child growth and development (hypertension, dyslipidemia or high birth weight). This situation is also triggered by family environment. Aim. Our study compared basic anthropometric parameters of children until 18 months of age with percentile growth charts of Czech population. Material and Methods. Data of 1765 children and their mothers collected in 2009-2010 were used for the study. The children were divided according to BMI categories of mothers. Software RustCZ based on the Czech growth charts was used for finding the percentile values of length-for-age, weight-for-age, weight-for-length and BMI-for-age for all measurements of every child at all monitored ages. Reference data are results of the 5th and 6th Nationwide Anthropological Survey (1991 and 2001). Results and Discussion. Studied group composed of 7.6% obese mothers, 9 of whom had BMI above 40 kg/m2. Full breastfeeding at the maternity hospital discharge was present in 90% of normal BMI mothers (average time 8.5 months) but only in 76% of obese ones (average time 6.1 months, one month less compared to non-obese). During all the monitoring period, children of obese mothers had the highest weight-for-age, BMI-for-age, weight-for-length and length-for-age at the age of 18 months. Conclusions. With an increasing BMI of mothers, duration of breastfeeding shortens and weight of the children increases. However, we found lean children in the group of obese mothers. Acknowledgements. Supported by the grants of Ministry of HealthCR NS9974-4/2008 and Charles University PROGRES Q16.