Secular trends in growth and nutritional status of Mozambican school-aged children and adolescents

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Dos Santos, Fernanda Karina ^a,b   Maia, José A R ^a   Gomes, Thayse Natacha Q F ^a   Daca, Timóteo ^c   Madeira, Aspacia ^c   Katzmarzyk, Peter T ^d   Prista, António ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF BRAZIL   (Brazil)

^c Universidade Pedagógica Campus de Lhanguene   (Mozambique)

^d PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; MALE; MOZAMBICAN; MOZAMBIQUE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; STUNTING; TREND STUDY; WASTING SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84915770983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114068     Document Type: Article

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