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Linear Growth Spurts are Preceded by Higher Weight Gain Velocity and Followed by Weight Slowdowns Among Rural Children in Burkina Faso: A Longitudinal Study

BACKGROUND: The temporal relationship between length (linear) and weight (ponderal) growth in early life is important to support optimal nutrition program design. Studies based on measures of attained size have established that wasting often precedes stunting, but such studies do not capture respons...

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Autores principales: Cliffer, Ilana R, Perumal, Nandita, Masters, William A, Naumova, Elena N, Ouedraogo, Laetitia Nikiema, Garanet, Franck, Rogers, Beatrice L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9361740/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35325187
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxac071