Gender perceptions predict sex differences in growth patterns of indigenous Guatemalan infants and young children

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1249-1258

  Tumilowicz, Alison ^a   Habicht, Jean Pierre ^b   Pelto, Gretel ^b   Pelletier, David L ^b  

^a GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR IMPROVED NUTRITION   (Switzerland)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Child growth; Exclusive breastfeeding; Gender; Infant and young child feeding; Sex

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING; FEMALE; GUATEMALAN; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFANT; MALE; PERCEPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AMERICAN INDIAN; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH DISORDERS; GUATEMALA; HEALTH; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXISM;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNOPSYCHOLOGY; FEEDING METHODS; FEMALE; GROWTH CHARTS; GROWTH DISORDERS; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SEXISM;

EID: 84946083826     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.100776     Document Type: Article

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