Household food insecurity is not associated with BMI for age or weight for height among Brazilian children aged 0-60 months

We examined the association between Household Food Insecurity (HFI), weight for height z-score (WHZ) and Body Mass Index for age z-score (BMI-Z) in a representative sample of children 0-60 months of age (n = 3,433) in five Brazilian geographical regions. Data were derived from the 2006-07 Brazilian...

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Main Authors: Kac, G, Schlüssel, M, Pérez-Escamilla, R, Velásquez-Melendez, G, Da Silva, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012