Barrios PL, et al. - Among participants (255 girls and 281 boys) from a follow-up of the Prenatal Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation and Child Growth and Development Study, researchers investigated the link between growth trajectories and body composition at age 8–10 y using multivariable linear regression. From 11 measures of height from birth to 5 y of age, they derived gender-specific latent height class trajectories, which were used to calculate 3 different growth classes for boys (low, intermediate, and high) and 2 separate classes for girls (low and high). They used bioelectrical impedance analysis to estimate body composition at age 8–10 y. In boys but not in girls, a link was found between gain in height in early childhood and lower adiposity in late childhood, than children with a slower rate of growth.