Impact of nutritional recovery with linear growth on the concentrations of adipokines in undernourished children living in Brazilian slums

• Published in: British journal of nutrition Vol. 112; no. 6; pp. 937 - 944
• Main Authors: Martins, Vinicius J. B., Neves, Andrea P. O., Franco, Maria do C. P., Clemente, Ana P. G., Sawaya, Ana L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 28.09.2014
• Subjects: Adiponectin - blood; Adolescent; Adolescent Development; Biological and medical sciences; Body Height; Bone Development; Brazil; Child; Child Development; Children; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dietary Surveys and Nutritional Epidemiology; Epidemiology; Feeding. Feeding behavior; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Growth Disorders - etiology; Growth Disorders - prevention & control; Human growth; Humans; Insulin; Insulin - blood; Leptin - blood; Male; Malnutrition; Malnutrition - blood; Malnutrition - diet therapy; Malnutrition - physiopathology; Medical sciences; Metabolic diseases; Nutritional status; Other nutritional diseases (malnutrition, nutritional and vitamin deficiencies...); Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1 - blood; Poverty Areas; Slums; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; Waist Circumference; Weight Gain; Brazil; Sao Paulo Brazil; Adipokines; Undernutrition; Nutritional recovery; Human; Nutrition; Growth; Nutrition disorder; Adipokine; Concentration; Malnutrition; Child; Recovery

Undernutrition in early life has been reported to be closely associated with the development of non-communicable diseases in adulthood. Adequate treatment is important for reversing these effects. In the present study, we investigated the effects of undernutrition and anthropometric recovery on the...