Recent changes in growth trajectories: a population-based cohort study of over 5 million Brazilian children born between 2001 and 2014Research in context

• Main Authors: Carolina Santiago-Vieira (Author), Gustavo Velasquez-Melendez (Author), Rita de Cássia Ribeiro-Silva (Author), Elizabete de Jesus Pinto (Author), Maurício L. Barreto (Author), Leah Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: There is limited evidence on recent trends in childhood growth trajectories in Low-/middle-income countries. We investigated how age-trajectories for height and Body Mass Index (BMI) have changed among Brazilian children born in two different time periods after 2000. Methods: We...