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International Journal of Epidemiology 2007 36(3):558-559; doi:10.1093/ije/dym058
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Commentary: Growing up optimally in societies undergoing the nutritional transition, public health and research challenges

Nicolas Stettler

Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

E-mail: nstettle@upenn.edu

Accepted 6 March 2007

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The question that underlies the study by Corvalán et al.,1 published in this issue of ‘International Journal of Epidemiology’, has far-reaching consequences: what is the growth pattern that will lead to optimal health both in the short- and long-term for children living in countries in nutritional transition? A few decades ago, when obesity, hypertension, diabetes and coronary disease were marginal (or marginally recognized) public health problems in low-income countries, the answer was easy. The more infancy weight gain, the better, in order to prevent under-nutrition, related infections, deaths and impaired physical and neurological development. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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