Maximal genetic potential for adult stature: is this aim desirable?
Current nutrition theory holds that maximization of human growth and stature is a desired anthropometric outcome. However, some evidence demonstrates that lower energy intakes may actually confer a degree of future protection against degenerative processes, particularly atherosclerosis and cancer.
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Department of Tropical Diseases, School of Pathology, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Walker
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Glatthaar
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Vorster
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D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D001827:Body Height / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002149:Energy Intake / Q000502:physiology*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008136:Longevity; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena