Objective: To validate calf circumference as a technology for assessing muscle mass in the
elderly. Method: Cross-sectional study with 132 elderly people from Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil …

This paper summarizes the first study on clinical, etiologic, and epidemiologic features of
acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRI) in children in Argentina. A total of 1,003 …

Background Many governments have implemented conditional cash transfer (CCT)
programmes with the goal of improving options for poor families through interventions in …

ContextMalnutrition causes death and impaired health in millions of children. Existing
interventions are effective under controlled conditions; however, little information is available …

Background Mexico's conditional cash transfer programme, Oportunidades, was started to
improve the lives of poor families through interventions in health, nutrition, and education …

Background The beneficial effects of the Mediterranean diet have been amply proven in
adults with cardiovascular risk factors. The effects of this diet have not been extensively …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the association of physical activity, television program viewing and
other forms of video viewing with the prevalence of obesity among school children. DESIGN …

Our objectives were to document and examine socioeconomic gradients across a
comprehensive set of child development measures in a population living in extreme poverty …

Objective: To document the prevalence of overweight or obesity concurrent with stunting in
rural low-income Mexican children and to identify demographic and socio-economic …

Objectives. Birth weight predicts infant survival, growth, and development. Previous research
suggests that low levels of fetal lead exposure, as estimated by umbilical cord blood-lead …