Abstract
Prospective Findings From the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort Study
Highlights
This supplement to the Journal of Adolescent Health is devoted to understanding the health and well-being of adolescents by taking the long view of this period of the life cycle
Wells et al show that infant weight and length gains were associated primarily with larger size in adolescence rather than increased adiposity, later childhood gains in weight and height were predictors of fat mass [1]
The third and fourth articles report on the effect of socioeconomic change from birth to adolescence [3,4]
Summary
This supplement to the Journal of Adolescent Health is devoted to understanding the health and well-being of adolescents by taking the long view of this period of the life cycle. The first four articles of the supplement focus on early-life predictors of later health and behavior [1,2,3,4]. The third and fourth articles report on the effect of socioeconomic change from birth to adolescence [3,4].
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