Nutrition
Volume 23, Issue 9 , Pages 640-646, September 2007

Body fat distribution in stunted compared with normal-height children from the shantytowns of São Paulo, Brazil

  • Daniel J. Hoffman, Ph.D.

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    • Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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  • Paula A. Martins, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrine Physiology, Federal University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Susan B. Roberts, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Energy Metabolism Laboratory, Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, USDA-HNRCA, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Ana Lydia Sawaya, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrine Physiology, Federal University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Received 18 January 2007; accepted 5 June 2007.

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 Financial support for various aspects of the work was received from the Nestle International Foundation and the International Atomic Energy Agency.

PII: S0899-9007(07)00183-9

doi:10.1016/j.nut.2007.06.006

Nutrition
Volume 23, Issue 9 , Pages 640-646, September 2007

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