What is the Relationship Between Antibiotic Exposure During the First Two Years of Life and Subsequent Childhood Obesity?
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Kinimaka, Mai N.L.
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Childhood obesity is a growing pandemic with one-fifth of all children in the U.S. considered obese (Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2018; Skinner, Ravanbakht, Skelton, Perrin, & Armstrong, 2018). This pandemic is cause for alarm because of the many medical and psychosocial complications of childhood obesity and the enormous burden on individual and public health (Daniels & Hassink, 2015; Locke et al., 2015; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases [NIDDK], 2012). Historically, known contributing factors have been genetics, diet, and exercise with the latter two being the focus of traditional interventions (CDC, 2018). Current research examines whether exposure to antibiotics during the early years of life is associated with increased risk for subsequent childhood obesity. Nola Pender's Heath Promotion Model is utilized to set a theoretical framework for this paper. A literature review of ten articles reveals that exposure to antibiotics in early childhood does increase risk for subsequent childhood obesity. The goal of this paper is to examine the relationship between antibiotic exposure during the first two years of life and subsequent childhood obesity and recommend the practice of judicious utility and prescribing of antibiotics in clinical practice.
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Hawaii Pacific University