Undernutrition in early life and body composition of adolescent males from a birth cohort study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 949-954

  Gigante, Denise P ^a   Victora, Cesar G ^a   Horta, Bernardo L ^a   Lima, Rosângela C ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescent male; Body composition; Cohort study; Nutritional indices

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARMY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN AREA; WASTING SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; THINNESS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 34147120296     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507433025     Document Type: Article

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