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El Niño adversely affected childhood stature and lean mass in northern Peru

Danysh, HE; Gilman, RH; Wells, JC; Pan, WK; Zaitchik, B; Gonzálvez, G; Alvarez, M; (2014) El Niño adversely affected childhood stature and lean mass in northern Peru. Climate Change Responses , 1 (7) 10.1186/s40665-014-0007-z. Green open access

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Abstract

El Niño is responsible for natural disasters and infectious disease outbreaks worldwide. During the 1997–1998 El Niño, northern Peru endured extreme rainfall and flooding. Since short stature may occur as a result of undernutrition or repeated infections during childhood, both of which are highly prevalent during natural disasters, we sought to determine if the 1997–1998 El Niño had an adverse effect on stature and body composition a decade later. In 2008–2009, we measured height, weight, and bioimpedance in a random sample of 2,095 children born between 1991 and 2001 in Tumbes, Peru.

Type: Article
Title: El Niño adversely affected childhood stature and lean mass in northern Peru
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1186/s40665-014-0007-z
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40665-014-0007-z
Language: English
Additional information: This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: El Niño, Flood, Child growth, Height, Lean mass
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10049481
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