Nutrition, child growth, and chronic disease prevention

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-20

  Uauy, Ricardo ^a,b   Kain, Juliana ^a   Mericq, Verónica ^a   Rojas, Juanita ^c   Corvalán, Camila ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Ministry of Education of Chile   (Chile)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Nutrition transition; Postnatal growth; Transitional countries

Indexed keywords

IRON; RETINOL; ZINC;

AIR POLLUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IRON DEFICIENCY; LEISURE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL WELFARE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; VEGETABLE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICRONUTRIENTS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 38849208396     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 16512219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07853890701704683     Document Type: Review

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