Infant and child growth and fatness and fat distribution in Guatemalan adults

Article Abstract:

A study has been carried out in Guatemala to find out whether poor in utero or early childhood growth is associated with abdominal fatness in adult years. Immigrants from poorer countries coming to Western industrialized societies tend to have high rates of obesity and abdominal fatness, which can be explained to some degree. Childhood stunting was found to be associated in men in Guatemala with lower body mass index and percent body fat. In women no associations were found. In both sexes, stunted children had significantly more waist-to-hip ratio, in adulthood, after allowing for overall fatness and confounders.

Guatemala, Fetus, Developing countries, Food and nutrition, Obesity, Infants, Fetal growth retardation, Adipose tissues, Adipose tissue

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Psychological disorder and mortality in French older adults: do social relations modify the association?

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Psychological disorder and mortality are discussed relative to French older adults and to the question of whether social relations do or do not modify the association based on data from the Personnes Agees Quid (PAQUID) study of 3,777 randomly selected subjects aged 65 or older over five years. Social relations did not significantly change the associations for men or women, but the depression-mortality effect was cut by 12.8% in men. Older depressed men not socially connected have greater risk of dying earlier. In both sexes, few social network connections brought greater risk of mortality.

France, Psychological aspects, Aging, Aged, Elderly, Statistical Data Included, Research, Patient outcomes, Mortality, Demographic aspects, Mental health, Depression, Mental, Depression (Mood disorder), Social networks, Interpersonal relations, Epidemiological research, Cross sectional studies

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Birth weight and length as predictors for adult height

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Birth length rather than birth weight may predict eventual adult height. Young Danish men who had measured above 56 cm at birth attained an average of 184.3 cm, while shorter birth lengths were associated with an average adult height of 175.2 cm. Birth weight was no longer a strong predictor for height after adjusting for birth length, gestational age, birth order, marital status, mother's age, and employment status.

Denmark, Measurement, Body size, Body weights and measures, Body weight

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