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ey0015.13-22 | Growth and Development | ESPEYB15

13.22 Evidence for energetic trade-offs between physical activity and childhood growth across the nutritional transition

SS Urlacher , KL Kramer

To read the full abstract: Sci Rep 2018; 8(1):369The effect of improving socio-economic conditions on growth has been well described in Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. For instance, in Norway, height increased by 0.3 cm every 10 years between 1830-1875 and then by 0.6 cm every 10 years between 1875-1930. However, the respective roles of nutrition and physical act...