Maternal education mitigates the negative effects of higher income on the double burden of child stunting and maternal overweight in rural Mexico

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 765-770

  Leroy, Jef L ^a   Habicht, Jean Pierre ^b   de Cossío, Teresa González ^c   Ruel, Marie T ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL OBESITY; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARENTAL SCHOOLING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RURAL POPULATION; STUNTING; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898859416     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.113.188474     Document Type: Article

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