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Longitudinal Associations between Intake of Fruit and Vegetables and Height Attainment from Preschool to School Entry
High dietary ingestion of fruits and vegetables may help boys aged 2-6 years to grow taller.
This study looked at how the consumption of fruits and vegetables affects the height of children. Researchers examined the diets and measured the heights of 635 children from Denmark within the age bracket of 2-6 years.
Researchers noticed that children, especially boys, who regularly ate generous portions of fruits and vegetables were taller than their counterparts who consumed little or none of these plant foods. Evidence from this study showed that adopting the habit of eating fruits and vegetables may help increase the height of boys aged 2-6 years.
Research Summary Information
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2021
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Rafaela Rosário, Mina Nicole Händel, Jeanett Friis Rohde, Nanna Julie Olsen, Berit Lilienthal Heitmann
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School of Nursing, University of Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal. Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), 3004-011 Coimbra, Portugal. Research Unit for Dietary Studies, The Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, DK 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark. The Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise & Eating Disorders, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia. Department of Public Health, Section for General Practice, University of Copenhagen, DK 1014 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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