Testing ecological and universal models of body shape and child health using a global sample of infants and young children

Aim: To test whether a risk of child illness is best predicted by deviations from a population-specific growth distribution or a universal growth distribution. Subjects and methods: Child weight for height and child illness data from 433 776 children (1–59 months) from 47 different low and lower inc...

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Main Authors: Craig Hadley, Daniel J. Hruschka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-10-01
Series:Annals of Human Biology
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2017.1357755