Low Circulating Amino Acids and Protein Quality: An Interesting Piece in the Puzzle of Early Childhood Stunting

Affiliations

¹ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Nevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation, Boston, MA, USA.
² University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. Electronic address: devika.suri@tufts.edu.
³ Nevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation, Boston, MA, USA; Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ St. John's Research Institute, Bangalore, India.
⁵ Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA.

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Ricardo Uauy et al. EBioMedicine. 2016 Jun.

. 2016 Jun:8:28-29.

doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.05.026. Epub 2016 May 21.

¹ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK; Nevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation, Boston, MA, USA.
² University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. Electronic address: devika.suri@tufts.edu.
³ Nevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation, Boston, MA, USA; Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ St. John's Research Institute, Bangalore, India.
⁵ Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA.

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Keywords: Amino acids; Children; Protein quality; Stunting.

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Child Stunting is Associated with Low Circulating Essential Amino Acids.
Semba RD, Shardell M, Sakr Ashour FA, Moaddel R, Trehan I, Maleta KM, Ordiz MI, Kraemer K, Khadeer MA, Ferrucci L, Manary MJ. Semba RD, et al. EBioMedicine. 2016 Apr;6:246-252. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.02.030. Epub 2016 Feb 19. EBioMedicine. 2016. PMID: 27211567 Free PMC article.

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