Adult height, nutrition, and population health

Perkins, Jessica M.; Subramanian, S. V.; Smith, George Davey; Özaltin, Emre

doi:10.1093/nutrit/nuv105

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“…Intergenerational factors, that is, transfer of some features, particularly height, from a mother to her child due to birth-giving, are also being debated. [38] An over-nutrition in childhood should be seen in this light. [3] Therefore, the guidelines do not recommend any particular intervention, apart from the advice of moderation, as children have the ability to "grow into their weight".…”

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“…[28] Recent reviews document an accelerated increase of population height in developed countries, less so in developing countries. [38] The increase is attributed to favourable environmental conditions, including the level of income, evenness of its distribution, the quality and accessibility of health care, much less to the genetic factors. In Europe, nations who were not involved in devastating wars of the past century, or escaped the "totality" of war, are remarkably taller than nations, even closely related ones, who were directly involved; but historically the differences did not register.…”

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“…[28] Scandinavian countries and the Netherlands are now ahead of other countries in Europe, particularly Germany and Belgium. [38] South Koreans appear being taller than North Koreans, underscoring the difference in economic systems, although only limited data is available. [39] Surely, the population height increase offsets the indicators of obesity epidemic in developed countries.…”

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“…[10] The current views are that much of the height is gained in the first two years of life with a proper nutrition. [38] A lesser role is given to the secondary growth before puberty. However, too fast a growth in the first two years may result in the early "adiposity rebound", that is, reaching the BMI minimum before the age of 5 years.…”

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“…Taking into account the proven beneficial effects of height for wellbeing and the tendency to height increase across the globe, the fears of a new wave of obesity epidemic due the generational change can be therefore overrated. Albeit, being taller does not necessarily mean healthier, in general, [38] which may signal existence of a physiological limit for the human height.…”

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Correspondence between waist-to-height ratio and body mass index in juniors

Yatsko

2017

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Despite the increase in body mass through childhood and adolescence is countered by the increase in height in the Body Mass Index (BMI), this measure is inadequate for judging the degree of excess weight among the young. Unlike using clearly defined cut points, same for any stage of adulthood, it is required to consult BMI-for-age charts, which can be a demanding exercise when data analysis is involved. The waist circumference to height ratio (WCHR) was hypothesised to be invariant to age change, and this is generally supported by the epidemiological evidence. This paper analyses a sample of NHANES data to find a connection between BMI, WCHR and Age. A strong linearity between the anthropometric measures is demonstrated, thus enabling estimation of WCHR for a given BMI and Age. The pattern of change of this parameter at BMI levels that indicate the transition to overweight state or obesity thus becomes unravelled. The results strongly support the feasibility of a universal WCHR threshold for the overweight state past early childhood and through adolescence, and the estimated one is similar to the WCHR levels found elsewhere in the literature.

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Assessment of Undernutrition Among Children in 55 Low- and Middle-Income Countries Using Dietary and Anthropometric Measures

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IMPORTANCE Evidence on the suitability of anthropometric failure (ie, stunting, underweight, and wasting) as a stand-alone measure of child undernutrition can inform global and national nutrition and health agendas. OBJECTIVE To provide a comprehensive estimate of the prevalence of child undernutrition by evaluating both dietary and anthropometric measures simultaneously across 55 low-and middleincome countries. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This was a cross-sectional study that used Demographic and Health Surveys program data from July 2009 to January 2019, to allocate children into dietary and anthropometric failure categories. Nationally representative household surveys were conducted in 55 low-and middle-income countries. Participants included children aged 6 to 23 months who were born singleton and had valid anthropometric measures as well as available 24-hour food intake recollection. Data analysis was conducted from August 23 to October 22, 2020. EXPOSURES Two factors were considered to allocate children into the respective categories. Dietary failure was based on the World Health Organization standards for minimum dietary diversity. Anthropometric failure was constructed using the World Health Organization child growth reference standard z score for stunted growth, muscle wasting, and less than average weight for age. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Dietary and anthropometric failures were cross-tabulated, which yielded 4 potential outcomes: dietary failure only, anthropometric failure only, both failures, and neither failure. Total child populations for each category were extrapolated from United Nations population estimates. RESULTS Of the 162 589 children (median age [range], 14 months [6-23 months]; 83 467 boys [51.3%]; 78 894 Asian children [48.5%]) in our sample, 42.9% of children had dietary failure according to the standard World Health Organization definition without being identified as having anthropometric failures. In all, 34.7% had both failures, 42.9% had dietary failure only, 8.3% had anthropometric failure only, and 14.1% had neither failure. Dietary and anthropometric measures were discordant for 51.2% of children; these children had nutritional needs identified by only 1 of the 2 measures. Dietary failure doubled the proportion of children in need of dietary interventions compared with anthropometry alone (43%). A total of 45.3 million additional children who experienced undernutrition in these 55 countries were not captured through the evaluation of anthropometric failures only. These results were consistent across geographic regions. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE The results of this cross-sectional study suggest that the current standard of measuring child undernutrition by estimating the prevalence of anthropometric failure (continued) Key Points Question Is anthropometric failure an adequate stand-alone measure to estimate global child undernutrition, and how do estimates change when dietary measures are also taken into account? Findings In this cross-sectional study of 162 589 children (...

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Adult height, nutrition, and population health

Cited by 290 publications

References 222 publications

Correspondence between waist-to-height ratio and body mass index in juniors

Correspondence between waist-to-height ratio and body mass index in juniors

Assessment of Undernutrition Among Children in 55 Low- and Middle-Income Countries Using Dietary and Anthropometric Measures

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