Adriëtte Oostvogels

212 Chapter 8 Conclusion To our knowledge, this is the first study that compares growth patterns to overweight between socioeconomic and ethnic groups. Stratification by SES and ethnic background showed that the development of overweight is broadly similar for children from European origin and non-European origin. However, overweight children from a low SES background had an earlier adiposity rebound and a more rapid BMI development compared to children in the high SES group. Our results imply that within the Youth Health Care a distinction should be made according to children’s SES in determining the critical periods in childhood growth.