Height for Age Increased While Body Mass Index for Age Remained Stable between 1968 and 2007 among Guatemalan Children
Open Access
- 1 February 2009
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Nutrition
- Vol. 139 (2) , 365-369
- https://doi.org/10.3945/jn.108.098343
Abstract
Promotion of optimal growth while preventing the emergence of obesity in childhood requires an understanding of the dynamics over time of linear growKeywords
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