Stunting, adiposity, and the individual-level "dual burden" among urban lowland and rural highland Peruvian children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The causes of the "dual burden" of stunting and obesity remain unclear, and its existence at the individual level varies between populations. We investigate whether the individual dual burden differentially affects low socioeconomic status Peruvian children from contrasting environments (urban lowlands and rural highlands), and whether tibia length can discount the possible autocorrelation between adiposity proxies and height due to height measurement error.

Methods

Stature, tibia length, weight, and waist circumference were measured in children aged 3-8.5 years (n = 201). Height and body mass index (BMI) z scores were calculated using international reference data. Age-sex-specific centile curves were also calculated for height, BMI, and tibia length. Adiposity pr

SUBMITTER: Pomeroy E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4312888 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature