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Birth weight and growth trajectory to six years in Pacific children

Elaine Rush Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, AUT University, Auckland, New ZealandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Wanzhen Gao National Institute for Public Health and Mental Health Research, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand
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Mafi Funaki-Tahifote Pacific Island Food and Nutrition Action Group, Auckland, New Zealand
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Raetea Ngamata Pacific Island Food and Nutrition Action Group, Auckland, New Zealand
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Ta'i Matenga-Smith Pacific Island Food and Nutrition Action Group, Auckland, New Zealand
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Maria Cassidy Pacific Island Food and Nutrition Action Group, Auckland, New Zealand
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Janis Paterson National Institute for Public Health and Mental Health Research, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand
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Pages 192-199 | Received 03 Feb 2009, Accepted 07 Jul 2009, Published online: 02 Nov 2009

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Elaine Rush, Victor Obolonkin & Fa’asisila Savila. (2013) Growth centiles of Pacific children living in Auckland, New Zealand. Annals of Human Biology 40:5, pages 406-412.
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Michael I. Goran & Emily E. Ventura. (2011) International Journal of Pediatric Obesity: Year in Review 2010. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity 6:3-4, pages 163-168.
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Melody Oliver, Philip J. Schluter, laine Rush, Grant M. Schofield & Janis Paterson. (2011) Physical activity, sedentariness, and body fatness in a sample of 6-year-old Pacific children. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity 6:sup3, pages e565-573.
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Solene Bertrand-Protat, Juliana Chen, Aurélie Jonquoy, Stéphane Frayon, Si Thu Win Tin, Amerita Ravuvu, Corinne Caillaud & Olivier Galy. (2023) Prevalence, causes and contexts of childhood overweight and obesity in the Pacific region: a scoping review. Open Research Europe 3, pages 52.
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Solene Bertrand-Protat, Juliana Chen, Aurélie Jonquoy, Stéphane Frayon, Si Thu Win Tin, Amerita Ravuvu, Corinne Caillaud & Olivier Galy. (2023) Causes and contexts of childhood overweight and obesity in the Pacific region: a scoping review. Open Research Europe 3, pages 52.
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Yu Taniguchi, Shin Yamazaki, Shoji F. Nakayama, Makiko Sekiyama, Takehiro Michikawa, Tomohiko Isobe, Miyuki Iwai-Shimada, Yayoi Kobayashi, Hiroshi Nitta, Mari Oba & Michihiro Kamijima. (2022) Maternal Metals Exposure and Infant Weight Trajectory: The Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS). Environmental Health Perspectives 130:12.
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Elizabeth A. Jasper, Hyunkeun Cho, Patrick J. Breheny, Wei Bao, John M. Dagle & Kelli K. Ryckman. (2021) Perinatal determinants of growth trajectories in children born preterm. PLOS ONE 16:1, pages e0245387.
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T. Alexander, C.A. Conlon, G. Gamble, P.R. von Hurst, L. van Dorp, B. Ichhpuniani, R. Housh, P. Ke & F.H. Bloomfield. (2020) Body composition of New Zealand-born term babies differs by ethnicity, gestational age and sex. Early Human Development 140, pages 104924.
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Mariam J. Buksh, Joanne E. Hegarty, Rebecca Griffith, Jane M. Alsweiler, Chris J. McKinlay & Jane E. Harding. (2019) Relationship between BMI and adiposity among different ethnic groups in 2-year-old New Zealand children. British Journal of Nutrition 121:6, pages 670-677.
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Hsien-Yu Fan, Yungling Leo Lee, Shwu-Huey Yang, Yi-Wen Chien, Jane C.-J. Chao & Yang-Ching Chen. (2018) Comprehensive determinants of growth trajectories and body composition in school children: A longitudinal cohort study. Obesity Research & Clinical Practice 12:3, pages 270-276.
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Marilyn TsengSteve TaylorEl-Shadan TautoloFaasisila SavilaJanis PatersonElaine Rush. (2015) Maternal Cultural Orientation and Child Growth in New Zealand Pacific Families. Childhood Obesity 11:4, pages 430-438.
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Laura D Howe, Lis Ellison-Loschmann, Neil Pearce, Jeroen Douwes, Mona Jeffreys & Ridvan Firestone. (2015) Ethnic differences in risk factors for obesity in New Zealand infants. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 69:6, pages 516-522.
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Vana Webster, Elizabeth Denney-Wilson, Jennifer Knight & Elizabeth Comino. (2013) Describing the growth and rapid weight gain of urban Australian Aboriginal infants. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 49:4, pages 303-308.
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E Rush, P W Reed, S McLennan, T Coppinger, D Simmons & D Graham. (2011) Tracking of body mass indices over 2 years in Māori and European children. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 66:2, pages 143-149.
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Elaine Rush & Sarah Bristow. 2012. Handbook of Growth and Growth Monitoring in Health and Disease. Handbook of Growth and Growth Monitoring in Health and Disease 1621 1633 .
Elaine Rush. 2012. Handbook of Anthropometry. Handbook of Anthropometry 2581 2592 .

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