Size at birth, weight gain in infancy and childhood, and adult blood pressure in 5 low- and middle-income-country cohorts: when does weight gain matter?
- 1 May 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Vol. 89 (5) , 1383-1392
- https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.2008.27139
Abstract
Background: Promoting catch-up growth in malnourished children has health benefits, but recent evidence suggests that accelerated child weight gain iKeywords
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