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Ratio of weight to height gain: a useful tool for identifying children at risk of becoming overweight or obese at preschool age
PURPOSE: To analyze the usefulness of the weight gain/height gain ratio from birth to two and three years of age as a predictive risk indicator of excess weight at preschool age. METHODS: The weight and height/length of 409 preschool children at daycare centers were measured according to internation...
Autores principales: | Nascimento, Viviane G, Bertoli, Ciro João, Leone, Claudio |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3148468/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21876978 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1807-59322011000700017 |
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