Risks and Benefits of Weight Gain in Children With Undernutrition
The findings of this cohort study of an undernourished population in Mali supported the hypothesis, suggesting that the risks of 1 SD in childhood weight gain for hypertension and obesity in adulthood were small compared with the benefits of taller stature.
Authors
- Jennie L. Lovett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3710-9400)
- Beverly I. Strassmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3783-7977)
- Kerby Shedden
- Zachary Dolo
- Eduardo Villamor
- Claudius Vincenz
Institutions
- University of Michigan (US)
- Mali-Folkecenter (ML)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-06-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.14289
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.12
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- John Templeton Foundation
- Leakey Foundation
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- U.S. National Library of Medicine
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development