Successive 1-month weight increments in infancy can be used to screen for faltering linear growth

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 145, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2725-2731

  Onyango, Adelheid W ^a   Borghi, Elaine ^b   de Onis, Mercedes ^b   Frongillo, Edward A ^c   Victora, Cesar G ^d   Dewey, Kathryn G ^e   Lartey, Anna ^f   Bhandari, Nita ^g   Baerug, Anne ^h   Garza, Cutberto ⁱ  

^a WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR AFRICA   (Congo)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^g SOCIETY FOR APPLIED STUDIES   (India)

^h OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

ⁱ BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth faltering; Growth velocity; Linear growth; Malnutrition screening; Stunting prevention; Weight increments

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BANGLADESHI; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROBABILITY; STUNTING; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BANGLADESH; COMPLICATION; GROWTH DISORDERS; MALNUTRITION; MASS SCREENING; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR;

BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALNUTRITION; MASS SCREENING; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84951046074     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.115.211896     Document Type: Article

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