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Article: Early childhood supplementation does not benefit the long-term growth of stunted children in Jamaica
- Article from:
- The Journal of Nutrition
- Article date:
- December 1, 1996
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CopyrightCopyright American Institute of Nutrition Dec 1996. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Childhood linear growth retardation occurs primarily in the first 2 y of life, and generally little further retardation takes place after age 3 y (Martorell and Habicht 1986). The extent to which catch-up growth can occur after this period remains controversial (Golden 1994, Martorell et al. 1994). It has been suggested that there is little catch-up in later childhood and adolescence (Martorell et al. 1990). In longitudinal studies of the growth of Indian children from age 5 to 18 y without nutritional intervention, some catch-up growth was seen in girls, although children who were shortest at age 5 y remained shortest at age 18 y (Satyanarayana et al. 1981). In boys from the same ...
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