Household Food Insecurity Is Not Associated with BMI for Age or Weight for Height among Brazilian Children Aged 0-60 Months

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Kac, Gilberto ^a   Schlüssel, Michael M ^a   Pérez Escamilla, Rafael ^b   Velásquez Melendez, Gustavo ^c,e   da Silva, Antônio Augusto Moura ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^e Escola de Enfermagem   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FOR HEIGHT SCORE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD SECURITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN COLOR; SMOKING; WEIGHT FOR HEIGHT SCORE;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE;

EID: 84866724139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045747     Document Type: Article

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