Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents' growth and development

• Main Authors: Mishra, Anu, Zhou, Bin, Rodriguez-Martinez, Andrea, Bixby, Honor, Singleton, Rosie K., Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M., Sheffer, Kate E., Paciorek, Christopher J., Bennett, James E., Lhoste, Victor, Iurilli, Maria L. C., Di Cesare, Mariachiara, Bentham, James, Phelps, Nowell H., Sophiea, Marisa K., Stevens, Gretchen A., Danaei, Goodarz, Cowan, Melanie J., Savin, Stefan, Riley, Leanne M., Gregg, Edward W., Aekplakorn, Wichai, Ahmad, Noor Ani, Baker, Jennifer L., Chirita-Emandi, Adela, Farzadfar, Farshad, Fink, Günther, Heinen, Mirjam, Ikeda, Nayu, Kengne, Andre P., Khang, Young-Ho, Laatikainen, Tiina, Laxmaiah, Avula, Ma, Jun, Monroy-Valle, Michele, Mridha, Malay K., Padez, Cristina P., Reynolds, Andrew, Sorić, Maroje, Starc, Gregor, Wirth, James P., Abarca-Gómez, Leandra, Abdeen, Ziad A., Abdrakhmanova, Shynar, Ghaffar, Suhaila Abdul, Abdul Rahim, Hanan F., Abdurrahmonova, Zulfiya, Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M., Garba, Jamila Abubakar, Acosta-Cazares, Benjamin, Adam, Ishag, Adamczyk, Marzena, Adams, Robert J., Adu-Afarwuah, Seth, Afsana, Kaosar, Afzal, Shoaib, Agbor, Valirie N., Agdeppa, Imelda A., Aghazadeh-Attari, Javad, Aguenaou, Hassan, Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos A., Agyemang, Charles, Ahmad, Mohamad Hasnan, Ahmadi, Ali, Ahmadi, Naser, Ahmadi, Nastaran, Ahmed, Imran, Ahmed, Soheir H., Ahrens, Wolfgang, Aitmurzaeva, Gulmira, Ajlouni, Kamel, Al-Hazzaa, Hazzaa M., Al-Lahou, Badreya, Al-Raddadi, Rajaa, Al Hourani, Huda M., Al Qaoud, Nawal M., Alarouj, Monira, AlBuhairan, Fadia, AlDhukair, Shahla, Aldwairji, Maryam A., Alexius, Sylvia, Ali, Mohamed M., Alkandari, Abdullah, Alkerwi, Ala'a, Alkhatib, Buthaina M., Allin, Kristine, Alvarez-Pedrerol, Mar, Aly, Eman, Amarapurkar, Deepak N., Etxezarreta, Pilar Amiano, Amoah, John, Amougou, Norbert, Amouyel, Philippe, Andersen, Lars Bo, Anderssen, Sigmund A., Androutsos, Odysseas, Ängquist, Lars, Anjana, Ranjit Mohan, Ansari-Moghaddam, Alireza, Anufrieva, Elena, Boehm, Bernhard Otto
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Growth and Development; Adolescents; Children
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/172248
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Optimal growth and development in childhood and adolescence is crucial for lifelong health and well-being1-6. Here we used data from 2,325 population-based studies, with measurements of height and weight from 71 million participants, to report the height and body-mass index (BMI) of children and ado...