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Growth from birth to adulthood and abdominal obesity in a Brazilian birth cohort

BACKGROUND: Rapid weight gain in childhood may increase the risk of chronic adult diseases. Few studies have examined the effects of lifecourse weight gain on waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), or waist-to-hip ratio (WHR). OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of birthweight and weight g...

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Autores principales: González, D A, Nazmi, A, Victora, C G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3448044/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19786970
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2009.201