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International Journal of Epidemiology 2001;30:212-216
© International Epidemiological Association 2001

Reiterations

Growth and health

Isabella Leitch

A general introduction to a discussion on growth and health might take either of two main forms. It might review what we know about the material requirements for growth: the total energy needs, the grams of protein required to give this or that amount of soft tissue growth, the grams of calcium and phosphorus required for growth of the skeleton; it might discuss the functional importance of substances that make little material contribution to growth, and finally, sum up what we know about the inter-relation of diet and resistance to infection. These are the subjects with the details of which most of the observational and experimental work in nutrition is, at the moment, concerned. It would take days to sum up the information; and, when that had been done, I doubt whether we should be able to do more than reaffirm general principles. These general principles are already well known. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Nature and nurture

In plants
In animals
Growth potential

Proportionate growth of children

Growth target

What is meant by fitness

Development in relation to health

Development in relation to resistance to infection

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