Why are nutritionally stunted children at increased risk of obesity? Studies of metabolic rate and fat oxidation in shantytown children from São Paulo, Brazil
American Journal of Clinical NutritionPublished 1 September 2000
Daniël J. Hoffman, Ana Lydia Sawaya, Ieda T. Verreschi, Katherine L. Tucker, Susan B. Roberts
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Abstract
Childhood nutritional stunting is associated with impaired fat oxidation, a factor that predicted obesity in other at-risk populations. This finding may help explain recent increases in body fatness and the prevalence of obesity among stunted adults and adolescents in developing countries.
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