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Cesar G. Victora

Researcher at Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Publications -  935
Citations -  95862

Cesar G. Victora is an academic researcher from Universidade Federal de Pelotas. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Cohort study. The author has an hindex of 131, co-authored 907 publications receiving 82299 citations. Previous affiliations of Cesar G. Victora include California Polytechnic State University & World Health Organization.

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Maternal and child undernutrition and overweight in low-income and middle-income countries

Robert E. Black, +11 more
- 03 Aug 2013 - 
TL;DR: It is estimated that undernutrition in the aggregate--including fetal growth restriction, stunting, wasting, and deficiencies of vitamin A and zinc along with suboptimum breastfeeding--is a cause of 3·1 million child deaths annually or 45% of all child deaths in 2011.
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Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

Leandra Abarca-Gómez, +1024 more
- 16 Dec 2017 - 
TL;DR: Trends in mean BMI have recently flattened in northwestern Europe and the high-income English-speaking and Asia-Pacific regions for both sexes, southwestern Europe for boys, and central and Andean Latin America for girls, and by contrast, the rise in BMI has accelerated in east and south Asia forboth sexes, and southeast Asia for boys.
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Breastfeeding in the 21st century: epidemiology, mechanisms, and lifelong effect

Cesar G. Victora, +9 more
- 30 Jan 2016 - 
TL;DR: The meta-analyses indicate protection against child infections and malocclusion, increases in intelligence, and probable reductions in overweight and diabetes, and an increase in tooth decay with longer periods of breastfeeding.
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Maternal and child undernutrition: consequences for adult health and human capital.

Cesar G. Victora, +6 more
- 26 Jan 2008 - 
TL;DR: It is concluded that damage suffered in early life leads to permanent impairment, and might also affect future generations, as undernutrition is associated with lower human capital and its prevention will probably bring about important health, educational, and economic benefits.

WHO child growth standards: length/height-for-age, weight-for-age, weight-for-length, weight-for-height and body mass index-for-age - Methods and development

Mercedes de Onis, +53 more