American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 56, 353-364, Copyright © 1992 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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The interactive effects of dietary quality on the growth and attained size of young Mexican children

LH Allen, JR Backstrand, EJ Stanek 3d, GH Pelto, A Chavez, E Molina, JB Castillo and A Mata
Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269-4017.

Predictors of attained size at 30 mo and growth rate between 18 and 30 mo (eg, diet, maternal size, morbidity, age at weaning, and selected environmental factors) were investigated by using longitudinal data from 67 Mexican children aged 18-30 mo. These children were small because of growth stunting in early infancy. Between 18 and 30 mo they grew on average at the 50th percentile of National Center for Health Statistics references values for weight, and the 25th for length. Size at 30 mo and growth rates were unrelated to energy or protein intakes during the previous year, but positively related to consumption of animal-origin foods. Maternal weight predicted size and growth only for children with larger intakes of animal products. Individual rates of weight and length growth were uncorrelated on average, correlated negatively when animal-product intake was low, and positively only when more animal products were consumed. Integrated weight and length growth, and the influence of maternal size on growth, may be disrupted by poor dietary quality. Different children would be identified as malnourished depending on whether weight or length growth was measured.

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