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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 295 avhandlingar innehållade orden weight status.
1. Social bodies : family and community level influences on height and weight, southern Sweden 1818-1968
Sammanfattning : This dissertation consists of an introduction, four research papers and one paper describing the data I collected for the studies and how I conducted the study. I collected information on men from conscript inspection lists and linked this to a sample of men in the Scanian Economic Demographic Database (SEDD) born between 1797 and 1950. LÄS MER
2. Effects of iron supplementation on iron status, health and neurological development in marginally low birth weight infants
Sammanfattning : Background Due to small iron stores and rapid growth during the first months of life, infants with low birth weight (LBW) are at risk of iron deficiency (ID). ID in infancy is associated with irreversible impaired neurodevelopment. LÄS MER
3. Infant Anemia and Micronutrient Status : Studies of Early Determinants in Rural Bangladesh
Sammanfattning : Anemia and micronutrient deficiencies in infancy are common in low-income settings. These are partly due to maternal malnutrition and may impair child health and development. LÄS MER
4. Nutrition and Physical Activity among Somali Immigrants in Sweden
Sammanfattning : Overall aim of the thesis The overall aim of the research was to explore dietary habits, physical activity and weight status of Somali immigrants in southern Sweden. Method Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used. LÄS MER
5. On the developmental significance of female pubertal timing
Sammanfattning : Puberty is the process of becoming sexually mature and it has fundamental somatic and psychosocial implications. The focus of this dissertation was the short and long term developmental significance, concerning both soma et psyche, of female pubertal timing. Four studies were designed to accomplish these aims. LÄS MER