Infancy and childhood growth and physical activity in adolescence: prospective birth cohort study from Brazil

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease hypothesis suggests that intrauterine, infancy and early childhood variables play a key role at programming later health. However, little is known on the programming of behavioral varia...

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Main Authors: Hallal Pedro C, Dumith Samuel C, Ekelund Ulf, Reichert Felipe F, Menezes Ana M B, Victora Cesar G, Wells Jonathan C K
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-07-01
Series:International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
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Online Access:http://www.ijbnpa.org/content/9/1/82