Adult consequences of growth failure in early childhood

Background: Growth failure is associated with adverse consequences, but studies need to control adequately for confounding.Objective: We related height-for-age z scores (HAZs) and stunting at age 24 mo to adult human capital, marriage, fertility, health, and economic outcomes.Design: In 2002–2004, w...

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Published in:	The American journal of clinical nutrition 2013-11, Vol.98 (5), p.1170-1178
Main Authors:	Hoddinott, John, Behrman, Jere R, Maluccio, John A, Melgar, Paul, Quisumbing, Agnes R, Ramirez-Zea, Manuel, Stein, Aryeh D, Yount, Kathryn M, Martorell, Reynaldo
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Language:	English
Subjects:	Adult adults Aging - physiology Biological and medical sciences Body Height - physiology Child Child, Preschool childhood children Children & youth clinical nutrition cognition Cognition & reasoning Economics Educational Status Estimation bias Failure to Thrive - epidemiology Feeding. Feeding behavior Female Fertility Follow-Up Studies Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Growth Disorders - epidemiology growth retardation Guatemala - epidemiology Human capital Humans Male Marriage Nutritional Status, Dietary Intake, and Body Composition Poverty probability Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic reading Regression analysis Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems women
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