The effects of market integration on childhood growth and nutritional status: The dual burden of under- and over-nutrition in the northern ecuadorian amazon

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 524-533

  Houck, Kelly ^a   Sorensen, Mark V ^a   Lu, Flora ^b   Alban, Dayuma ^a   Alvarez, Kati ^c   Hidobro, David ^e   Doljanin, Citlali ^e   Ona, Ana Isabel ^d  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FLACSO ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^d Opinion Publica Ecuador Quito   (Ecuador)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECUADOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CHANGE;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 84879463302     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22404     Document Type: Article

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