Open AccessStunting in Infancy Is Associated with Decreased Risk of High Body Mass Index for Age at 8 and 12 Years of Age
Author(s) -
Christopher T Andersen,
Aryeh D. Stein,
Sarah Reynolds,
Jere R. Behrman,
Benjamin T. Crookston,
Kirk A. Dearden,
Mary E. Penny,
Whitney Schott,
Lia Fernald
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.463
H-Index - 265
eISSN - 1541-6100
pISSN - 0022-3166
DOI - 10.3945/jn.116.234633
Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , incidence (geometry) , overweight , demography , obesity , pediatrics , mathematics , geometry , sociology
Effects of early-life stunting on adiposity development later in childhood are not well understood, specifically with respect to age in the onset of overweight and obesity.
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