Association of maternal and child nutritional status in Brazil: a population based cross-sectional study.

BACKGROUND: Although child undernutrition and stunting has been decreasing worldwide while obesity rates increase, these extreme conditions might coexist in families from low- and middle-income countries. We examined the association between maternal and child anthropometric indicators using a popula...

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Main Authors: Mariana Santos Felisbino-Mendes, Eduardo Villamor, Gustavo Velasquez-Melendez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3901750?pdf=render