What is the nutritional status of children of obese mothers in South Africa?

Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 904-911

  Steyn, Nelia Patricia ^a   Labadarios, Demetre ^a   Nel, Johanna ^b   Kruger, H Salome ^c   Maunder, Eleni M W ^d  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Determinants; Middle income; Paradoxical malnutrition; Risk factors; Stunting; Underweight; Wasted

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIET SURVEYS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; THINNESS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959512865     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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