Adolescent Metabolic Syndrome Risk Is Increased with Higher Infancy Weight Gain and Decreased with Longer Breast Feeding

Background. Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome is increasing in pediatric age groups worldwide. Meeting the criteria for the metabolic syndrome puts children at risk for later cardiovascular and metabolic disease. Methods. Using linear regression, we examined the association between infant weight...

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Autores principales: Khuc, Kim, Blanco, Estela, Burrows, Raquel, Reyes, Marcela, Castillo, Marcela, Lozoff, Betsy, Gahagan, Sheila
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3398649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22829844
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/478610

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