title: Growth velocity among preschool Ethiopian children.
abstract: We describe the height and weight velocities of 1529 preschool Ethiopian children from two rural and semi-urban communities. Compared to international references, our results show a marked deficit in both height and weight velocities. Most importantly, these deficits occurred among the youngest children. As most of the children had normal body proportions, the weight velocity deficits are probably a consequence of increasing prevalence of stunting alone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Alemu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lindtjørn
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005002:Ethiopia; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D012424:Rural Population