Height-for-age z scores increase despite increasing height deficits among children in 5 developing countries

Background: Growth failure remains a persistent challenge in many countries, and understanding child growth patterns is critical to the development of appropriate interventions and their evaluation. The interpretation of changes in mean height-for-age z scores (HAZs) over time to define catch-up gro...

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Published in:The American journal of clinical nutrition 2014-09, Vol.100 (3), p.821-825
Main Authors: Lundeen, Elizabeth A, Stein, Aryeh D, Adair, Linda S, Behrman, Jere R, Bhargava, Santosh K, Dearden, Kirk A, Gigante, Denise, Norris, Shane A, Richter, Linda M, Fall, Caroline HD, Martorell, Reynaldo, Sachdev, Harshpal Singh, Victora, Cesar G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adulthood
Age
Body Height - ethnology
Child
Child Development
child growth
Child, Preschool
children
Children & youth
clinical nutrition
Cohort Studies
Comparative analysis
compensatory growth
Developing Countries
Female
Growth Charts
Growth Disorders - epidemiology
Growth Disorders - ethnology
Health Surveys
Health Transition
Height
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
LDCs
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Prevalence
Prospective Studies
Up-Regulation
Waist-Height Ratio
World Health Organization
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Summary:Background: Growth failure remains a persistent challenge in many countries, and understanding child growth patterns is critical to the development of appropriate interventions and their evaluation. The interpretation of changes in mean height-for-age z scores (HAZs) over time to define catch-up growth has been a subject of debate. Most studies of child growth have been cross-sectional or have focused on children through age 5 y.Objective: The aim was to characterize patterns of linear growth among individuals followed from birth into adulthood.Design: We compared HAZs and difference in height (cm) from the WHO reference median at birth, 12 mo, 24 mo, mid-childhood, and adulthood for 5287 individuals from birth cohorts in Brazil, Guatemala, India, the Philippines, and South Africa.Results: Mean HAZs were
ISSN:0002-9165
1938-3207
DOI:10.3945/ajcn.114.084368