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Birth weight, birth order, and age at first solid food introduction influence child growth and body composition in 6- to 8-year-old Maya children: The importance of the first 1000 days of life.

Samantha Sanchez-EscobedoHugo AzcorraBarry BoginAlmira L HoogesteijnReyna SámanoMaria I Varela-SilvaFederico Dickinson
Published in: American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council (2020)
These results are evidence of the importance of the first 1000 days of life for the growth and body composition of Maya children and contributed to understand the development of nutritional dual burden in this population.
Keyphrases
  • body composition
  • birth weight
  • resistance training
  • gestational age
  • bone mineral density
  • young adults
  • weight gain
  • mental health
  • preterm birth
  • physical activity
  • climate change