Early anthropometric indices predict short stature and overweight status in a cohort of peruvians in early adolescence

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 451-461

  Sterling, Robie ^a   Miranda, J Jaime ^b   Gilman, Robert H ^a,c   Cabrera, Lilia ^a   Sterling, Charles R ^d   Bern, Caryn ^e   Checkley, William ^b,e,f  

^a ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^b CRONICAS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN CHRONIC DISEASES   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

development origins; obesity; stunting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERU; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT STATURE; STUNTING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 85027918281     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22073     Document Type: Article

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