Nutrition in adolescent growth and development

SA Norris, EA Frongillo, MM Black, Y Dong, C Fall… - The lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
During adolescence, growth and development are transformative and have profound
consequences on an individual's health in later life, as well as the health of any potential …

[HTML][HTML] Perspective: challenges in use of adolescent anthropometry for understanding the burden of malnutrition

A Tumilowicz, T Beal, LM Neufeld, EA Frongillo - Advances in Nutrition, 2019 - Elsevier
Improving nutritional status during adolescence is an opportunity to improve the lives of this
generation and the next. Estimating the burden of malnutrition at a population level is …

High incidence of Noonan syndrome features including short stature and pulmonic stenosis in patients carrying NF1 missense mutations affecting p. Arg1809 …

K Rojnueangnit, J Xie, A Gomes, A Sharp… - Human …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is one of the most frequent genetic disorders,
affecting 1: 3,000 worldwide. Identification of genotype–phenotype correlations is …

[HTML][HTML] A big-data approach to producing descriptive anthropometric references: a feasibility and validation study of paediatric growth charts

B Heude, P Scherdel, A Werner, M Le Guern… - The Lancet Digital …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Both national and WHO growth charts have been found to be poorly calibrated
with the physical growth of children in many countries. We aimed to generate new national …

Logistic regression and growth charts to determine children nutritional and stunting status: a review

M Ohyver, JV Moniaga, KR Yunidwi… - Procedia computer …, 2017 - Elsevier
Children malnutrition and stunting are still common in Indonesia. Although Indonesia has
succeeded in reducing malnutrition and stunting rates over the past few years, these two …

[HTML][HTML] Accuracy of international growth charts to assess nutritional status in children and adolescents: a systematic review

MH Oliveira, DS Pereira, DS Melo, JC Silva… - Revista Paulista de …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Objective: To verify, through a systematic review, the accuracy of nutritional assessment in
children and adolescents using the length/height-for-age and BMI-for-age growth charts of …

Validation of growth standards and growth references: A review of literature

A Marume, M Archary… - Journal of Child Health …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The World Health Organization (WHO) growth standards provide the most recognized and
widely accepted way of assessing child growth. To ensure its applicability, accuracy, and …

One size does not fit all. How universal standards for normal height can hide deprivation and create false paradoxes

DJ Hruschka - American Journal of Human Biology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Public health practitioners and social scientists frequently compare height against one‐size‐
fits‐all standards of human growth to assess well‐being, deprivation, and disease risk …

Growth, body composition, and endocrine‐metabolic profiles of individuals with Kleefstra syndrome provide directions for clinical management and translational …

A Bouman, JM Geelen, J Kummeling… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mendelian neurodevelopmental disorders caused by variants in genes encoding chromatin
modification can be categorized as Mendelian disorders of the epigenetic machinery …

[HTML][HTML] The legacy of a standard of normality in child nutrition research

A Sandler - SSM-Population Health, 2021 - Elsevier
Anthropometric evaluation of children is among the most vital and widely used instruments
of public health and clinical medicine. Anthropometry is used for establishing norms …