Impact of gaining or maintaining excessive weight in infancy on markers of metabolic homeostasis in young children: A longitudinal study in Chilean children

Childhood obesity in Chile is one of the highest in the world. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of excessive weight gained or maintained over a 3-year period, on markers of metabolic homeostasis in young children. This is a longitudinal study which includes 243 children followed...

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Main Authors: Fabian Vasquez, Camila Corvalan, Ricardo Uauy, Juliana Kain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-12-01
Series:Preventive Medicine Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335518302018