Associations of stunting at 2 years with body composition and blood pressure at 8 years of age: longitudinal cohort analysis from lowland Nepal.
Jonathan C K WellsDelanjathan DevakumarDharma S ManandharNaomi SavilleS S ChaubeA CostelloDavid OsrinPublished in: European journal of clinical nutrition (2018)
Stunting developed on an inter-generational timescale in this population and its risk increased with birth order. At 8 years, children stunted at 2 years had deficits in tissue masses and some aspects of physical function that were only partially attributable to their persisting short height and maternal phenotype. This suggests that the early stunting is associated with greater deficits in long-term outcomes than would be expected from the persistent short stature alone.
Keyphrases
- body composition
- blood pressure
- traumatic brain injury
- resistance training
- bone mineral density
- body mass index
- young adults
- magnetic resonance imaging
- heart rate
- adipose tissue
- pregnant women
- physical activity
- insulin resistance
- birth weight
- skeletal muscle
- postmenopausal women
- high intensity
- gestational age
- preterm birth