Adult height, nutrition, and population health

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 149-165

  Perkins, Jessica M ^a,b,c   Subramanian, S V ^a,b,c   Smith, George Davey ^d   Özaltin, Emre ^e  

^a HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Height; Intergenerational; Life course; Morbidity; Mortality; Nutrition; Population health; Socioeconomic status; Stature

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATCH UP GROWTH; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH RETARDATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH STATUS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; OCCUPATION; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; PROTEIN INTAKE; PUBERTY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VITAMIN INTAKE; WELLBEING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84964294894     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuv105     Document Type: Article

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