Are birth weight and maternal smoking during pregnancy associated with malnutrition and excess weight among school age children?

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 cond...

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Main Authors: F.S. Tomé, V.C. Cardoso, M.A. Barbieri, A.A.M. da Silva, V.M.F. Simões, C.A. Garcia, H. Bettiol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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