Aline S Rocha, Rita de Cássia Ribeiro-Silva, Juliana F M Silva, Elizabete J Pinto, Natanael J Silva, Enny S Paixao, Rosemeire L Fiaccone, Gilberto Kac, Laura C Rodrigues, Craig Anderson, Mauricio L Barreto
BACKGROUND: Preterm, low birth weight (LBW) and small for gestational age (SGA) newborns have a higher frequency of adverse health outcomes, including linear and ponderal growth impairment. OBJECTIVE: To describe the growth trajectories and to estimate catch-up growth during the first five years of life of small newborns according to three vulnerability phenotypes (preterm, LBW, SGA). METHODS: Longitudinal study using linked data from the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort baseline, the Brazilian National Live Birth System (SINASC), and the Food and Nutrition Surveillance System (SISVAN) from 2011 to 2017...
December 19, 2023: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition