Slow early growers have more muscle in relation to adult activity: evidence from Cebu, Philippines
Publication information:
M. Workman, T W McDade, L S Adair, and C W Kuzawa. 2015. “Slow Early Growers Have More Muscle in Relation to Adult Activity: Evidence from Cebu, Philippines”, 69, 12, Pp. 1350-1355,. doi:10.1038/ejcn.2015.18
Abstract
Adult skeletal muscle mass (SMM) protects against type 2 diabetes, but little is known about its developmental antecedents. We examined whether pace of early weight gain predicted adult SMM in a birth cohort from Cebu City, Philippines. In addition, we examined whether increases in SMM associated with adult muscle-building exercise varied according to the early growth.