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Gender perceptions predict sex differences in growth patterns of indigenous Guatemalan infants and young children

Background: Nearly one-half of Guatemalan children experience growth faltering, more so in indigenous than in nonindigenous children. Objectives: On the basis of ethnographic interviews in Totonicapán, Guatemala, which revealed differences in maternal perceptions about food needs in infant girls and...

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Published in:Am J Clin Nutr
Main Authors: Tumilowicz, Alison, Habicht, Jean-Pierre, Pelto, Gretel, Pelletier, David L
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6443301/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26423387
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.114.100776
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