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1 List of References ACC/SCN and IFPRI. Nutrition: A foundation for development. CAN/SCN and IFPRI. Geneva Adair LS & Cole TJ. Rapid child growth raises blood pressure in adolescent boys who were thin at birth. N Engl J Med 2003; 41: Agarwal A, Singh P. Nutritional status and diet intake of preschool children in Delhi. Indian Pediatr 2002; 39: Agarwal DK, Agarwal KN, Upadhyay SK, Mittal R, Prakash R, Rai S. Physical and sexual growth pattern of affluent Indian children from 6-18 years of age. Indian Pediatr 1992; 29: Agarwal DK, Agarwal KN. Physical growth in Indian affluent children (Birth - 6 years). Indian Pediatr 1994: 31: Agarwal S, Taneja S. All Slums are Not Equal: Child Health Conditions Among the Urban Poor. Indian Pediatr 2005; 42: Agarwal, K.N., Agarwal, D.K., Benakappa, D.G., Gupta, S.M., Khanduja, P.C., Khatua, S.P., Ramachandran, K., Udani, P.M. and Gopalan, C: Growth performance of affluent Indian children (under-fives). Nutrition Foundation of India. Scientific Report, 11, Alam SD, Marks CG, Baqui AH, Yunus M, Fuchs JG. Association between clinical type of diarrhea and growth of children under 5 years in rural Bangladesh. International J of epidemiology. 2000; 29: Alvarado BE, Zunzunegui MV, Delisle H, Osorno J. Growth Trajectories Are Influenced by Breast-Feeding and Infant Health in an Afro-Colombian Community. J Nutr 2005; 135: Anand K, Sundaram KR, Lobo J, Kapoor SK. Are diarrheal incidence and malnutrition related in under five children? A longitudinal study in an area of poor sanitary conditions. Indian Pediatr 1994; 31:

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