The effect of childhood stunting and wasting on adolescent cardiovascular diseases risk and educational achievement in rural Uganda: a retrospective cohort study

Background: Little is known about the long-term effects of early childhood undernutrition on adolescent cardiovascular disease risk and educational performance in low-income countries. We examined this in a rural Ugandan population. Objective: To investigate if stunting or wasting among children age...

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Main Authors: Gershim Asiki, Robert Newton, Lena Marions, Anatoli Kamali, Lars Smedman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Global Health Action
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2019.1626184