Stunting, overweight and child development impairment go hand in hand as key problems of early infancy: Uruguayan case

Early Human Development

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 747-751

  Bove, Isabel ^a,b,c   Miranda, Teresa ^b   Campoy, Cristina ^b,c   Uauy, Ricardo ^d,e   Napol, Marta ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL URUGUAY   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c Center of Excellence for Pediatric Research EURISTIKOS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

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

^f London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ^*  (Uruguay)

^g Latin American Center of Human Economy (CLAEH)   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Child development impairment; Low birthweight, overweight; Reduced head circumference; Stunting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MACROSOMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL SMOKING; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATERNAL AGE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; RISK FACTOR; STUNTING; URUGUAY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; URUGUAY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864044106     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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