Weight Status and Behavioral Problems among Very Young Children in Chile

/ / Faculty Research in Latin America, Research

UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: Lia Fernald

DATE OF PUBLICATION: September 2016

REGION: Chile, South America

REFERENCE: Kagawa RMC, Fernald LCH, Behrman JR. Weight Status and Behavioral Problems among Very Young Children in Chile. Chevrier J, ed. PLoS ONE. 2016;11(9):e0161380. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161380.

SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Our objective was to explore the association between weight status and behavioral problems in children before school age. We examined whether the association between weight status and behavioral problems varied by age and sex.

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