Understanding the complex determinants of height and adiposity in disadvantaged daycare preschoolers in Salvador, NE Brazil through structural equation modelling

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lander, Rebecca L ^a   Williams, Sheila M ^a   Costa Ribeiro, Hugo ^b   Mattos, Angela P ^b   Barreto, Danile L ^b   Houghton, Lisa A ^a   Bailey, Karl B ^a   Lander, Alastair G ^a   Gibson, Rosalind S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Hospital Universitario   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Body mass index; Disadvantaged preschoolers; Height; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HELMINTH; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTHER; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HELMINTHS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84945134771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2406-x     Document Type: Article

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