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DOI	10.1002/ajhb.23842
	Early childhood growth in Daasanach pastoralists of Northern Kenya: Distinct patterns of faltering in linear growth and weight gain
	Swanson, Zane S. S.; Nzunza, Rosemary; Bethancourt, Hilary J. J.; Saunders, Jessica; Mutindwa, Fionah; Ndiema, Emmanuel; Braun, David R. R.; Rosinger, Asher Y. Y.; Pontzer, Herman
通讯作者	Swanson, ZS
来源期刊	AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY
ISSN	1042-0533
EISSN	1520-6300
出版年	2023
卷号	35 期号:4
英文摘要	ObjectivesInvestigations of early childhood growth among small-scale populations are essential for understanding human life history variation and enhancing the ability to serve such communities through global public health initiatives. This study characterizes early childhood growth trajectories and identifies differences in growth patterns relative to international references among Daasanach semi-nomadic pastoralist children living in a hot, arid region of northern Kenya. MethodsA large sample of height and weight measures were collected from children (N = 1756; total observations = 4508; age = 0-5 years) between 2018 and 2020. Daasanach growth was compared to international reference standards and Daasanach-specific centile growth curves and pseudo-velocity models were generated using generalized additive models for location scale and size. ResultsCompared to World Health Organization (WHO) reference, relatively few Daasanach children were stunted (14.3%), while a large proportion were underweight (38.5%) and wasted (53.6%). Additionally, Daasanach children had a distinctive pattern of growth, marked by an increase in linear growth velocity after 24 months of age and relatively high linear growth velocity throughout the rest of early childhood. ConclusionsThese results identify a unique pattern of early childhood growth faltering among children in a small-scale population and may reflect a thermoregulatory adaptation to their hot, arid environment. As linear growth and weight gain remain important indicators of health, the results of this study provide insight into growth velocity variations. This study has important implications for global public health efforts to identify and address sources of early growth faltering and undernutrition in small-scale populations.
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Bronze
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000895935200001
WOS关键词	MIXED-LONGITUDINAL GROWTH ; CROSS-SECTIONAL GROWTH ; MALNUTRITION ; VARIABILITY ; REFERENCES ; STANDARDS ; CHILDREN ; HEALTH ; AGE
WOS类目	Anthropology ; Biology
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/395275
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Swanson, Zane S. S.,Nzunza, Rosemary,Bethancourt, Hilary J. J.,et al. Early childhood growth in Daasanach pastoralists of Northern Kenya: Distinct patterns of faltering in linear growth and weight gain[J],2023,35(4).
APA	Swanson, Zane S. S..,Nzunza, Rosemary.,Bethancourt, Hilary J. J..,Saunders, Jessica.,Mutindwa, Fionah.,...&Pontzer, Herman.(2023).Early childhood growth in Daasanach pastoralists of Northern Kenya: Distinct patterns of faltering in linear growth and weight gain.AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY,35(4).
MLA	Swanson, Zane S. S.,et al."Early childhood growth in Daasanach pastoralists of Northern Kenya: Distinct patterns of faltering in linear growth and weight gain".AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY 35.4(2023).