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Growth from birth to adulthood and abdominal obesity in a Brazilian birth cohort (with D. A. Gonzalez and C. G. Victoria), International Journal of Obesity (2010)

Background: Rapid weight gain in childhood may increase the risk of chronic adult diseases. Few...

 

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Childhood Poverty and Abdominal Obesity in Adulthood: A Systematic Review (with David González and Cesar G. Victoria), Cadernos de Saúde Pública (2009)
Adverse socioeconomic conditions in childhood can have lasting effects on health, but evidence is lacking...
 

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Life-course socio-economic factors, skin colour and abdominal obesity in adulthood in a Brazilian birth cohort (with David A. Gonzalez, John S. Yudkin, and Cesar G. Victora), Public Health Nutrition (2009)

Objective: Obesity is an increasingly prevalent nutritional disorder throughout the world. In particular, abdominal obesity...

 

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Epidemiology of early and late growth in height, leg and trunk length: findings from a birth cohort of Brazilian males (with D. P. Gigante, R. C. Lima, F. C. Barros, and Cesar G. Victora), European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2009)

Background/Objective: To investigate socioeconomic, gestational and early life exposures as potential determinants of total height,...

 

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Correlates of C-reactive protein levels in young adults: a population-based cohort study of 3827 subjects in Brazil (with I. O. Oliveira and Cesar G. Victora), Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research (2008)
The socio-demographic, behavioral and anthropometric correlates of C-reactive protein levels were examined in a representative...