Stunting is associated with overweight in children of four nations that are undergoing the nutrition transition

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3009-3016

  Popkin, Barry M ^a   Richards, Marie K ^a   Montiero, Carlos A ^b  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

child obesity; humans; programming; stunting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNIC GROUP; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030456617     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.12.3009     Document Type: Article

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