Nutritional status of Maya children, their mothers, and their grandmothers residing in the city of Merida, Mexico: revisiting the leg-length hypothesis

Objectives: To test the hypothesis that leg length-relative-to-stature is a more sensitive indicator of nutrition and health than is total height (HT) or sitting height (SH) in a sample of 109 triads of urban Maya children (6.0–8.99 years), their mothers, and maternal grandmothers from Merida, Mexic...

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Main Authors: Hugo Azcorra, Maria Ines Varela Silva, Luis Rodriguez, Barry Bogin, Federico Dickinson
Format: Default Article
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/13190
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