Are birth weight and maternal smoking during pregnancy associated with malnutrition and excess weight among school age children?
Braz. j. med. biol. res
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40(9): 1221-1230, Sept. 2007. tab
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ABSTRACT
In the late 1980's child malnutrition was still prevalent in Brazil, and child obesity was beginning to rise in the richest regions of the country. To assess the extent of the nutritional transition during the period and the influence of birth weight and maternal smoking on the nutritional condition of schoolchildren, we estimated the prevalence of excess weight and malnutrition in a cohort of Brazilian schoolchildren from 1987 to 1989. We calculated the body mass index (BMI) of 8- to 10-year-old schoolchildren born in Ribeirão Preto in 1978/79. We considered children with a BMI <5th percentile (P5) to be malnourished, children with P5³BMI
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Main subject:
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
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Birth Weight
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Child Nutrition Disorders
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Smoking
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Overweight
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Incidence study
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Infant, Newborn
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Pregnancy
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. med. biol. res
Journal subject:
Biology
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Medicine
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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Project document
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Federal do Maranhão/BR
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Universidade de São Paulo/BR
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