Are birth weight and maternal smoking during pregnancy associated with malnutrition and excess weight among school age children?
Rev. bras. pesqui. méd. biol
; Braz. j. med. biol. res;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 P5³BMIKey words
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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_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Newborn
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Pregnancy
Country/Region as subject:
America do sul
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Brasil
Language:
En
Journal:
Braz. j. med. biol. res
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Rev. bras. pesqui. méd. biol
Journal subject:
BIOLOGIA
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MEDICINA
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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Project document