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Even transient rapid infancy weight gain is associated with higher BMI in young adults and earlier menarche

BACKGROUND: Early postnatal rapid “catch-up” weight gain has been consistently associated with subsequent higher obesity risk and earlier pubertal development. In many low- and middle-income countries, infancy catch-up weight gain is transient and often followed by growth faltering. We explored the...

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Autores principales: Salgin, Burak, Norris, Shane A., Prentice, Philippa, Pettifor, John. M., Richter, Linda M., Ong, Ken K., Dunger, David B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4471108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25771929
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2015.25