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    Children with access to improved sanitation but not improved water are at lower risk of stunting compared to children without access: a cohort study in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam by Dearden, Kirk A, Schott, Whitney, Crookston, Benjamin T, Humphries, Debbie L, Penny, Mary E, Behrman, Jere R

    Published in BMC public health (23-01-2017)
    “…This study's purpose was to understand associations between water, sanitation, and child growth. We estimated stunting (height-for-age Z score <-2 SD) and…”
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    Parental acceptance of HPV vaccine in Peru: a decision framework by Bartolini, Rosario M, Winkler, Jennifer L, Penny, Mary E, LaMontagne, D Scott

    Published in PloS one (29-10-2012)
    “…Cervical cancer is the third most common cancer affecting women worldwide and it is an important cause of death, especially in developing countries. Cervical…”
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    Impact of early and concurrent stunting on cognition by Crookston, Benjamin T., Dearden, Kirk A., Alder, Stephen C., Porucznik, Christina A., Stanford, Joseph B., Merrill, Ray M., Dickerson, Ty T., Penny, Mary E.

    Published in Maternal and child nutrition (01-10-2011)
    “…Undernutrition is associated with poor cognitive development, late entry into school, decreased years of schooling, reduced productivity and smaller adult…”
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    Psychometric and cognitive validation of a social capital measurement tool in Peru and Vietnam by De Silva, Mary J, Harpham, Trudy, Tuan, Tran, Bartolini, Rosario, Penny, Mary E, Huttly, Sharon R

    Published in Social science & medicine (1982) (01-02-2006)
    “…Social capital is a relatively new concept which has attracted significant attention in recent years. No consensus has yet been reached on how to measure…”
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    Households across all income quintiles, especially the poorest, increased animal source food expenditures substantially during recent Peruvian economic growth by Humphries, Debbie L, Behrman, Jere R, Crookston, Benjamin T, Dearden, Kirk A, Schott, Whitney, Penny, Mary E

    Published in PloS one (05-11-2014)
    “…Relative to plant-based foods, animal source foods (ASFs) are richer in accessible protein, iron, zinc, calcium, vitamin B-12 and other nutrients. Because of…”
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    The nutrition transition and adolescents’ diets in low- and middle-income countries: a cross-cohort comparison by Aurino, Elisabetta, Fernandes, Meena, Penny, Mary E

    Published in Public health nutrition (01-01-2017)
    “…To investigate changes in dietary diversity and dietary composition among adolescents in four developing countries. We analysed dietary diversity and…”
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    Early rapid weight gain and subsequent overweight and obesity in middle childhood in Peru by Penny, Mary E, Jimenez, M Michelle, Marin, R Margot

    Published in BMC obesity (13-12-2016)
    “…Rapid postnatal weight gain is associated with risk of overweight and obesity, but it's unclear whether this holds in populations exposed to concurrent…”
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    Oligofructose-supplemented infant cereal: 2 randomized, blinded, community-based trials in Peruvian infants by DUGGAN, Christopher, PENNY, Mary E, HIBBERD, Patricia, GIL, Ana, HUAPAYA, Ana, COOPER, Andrew, COLETTA, Frances, EMENHISER, Curt, KLEINMAN, Ronald E

    Published in The American journal of clinical nutrition (01-04-2003)
    “…Prebiotics are nondigestible food ingredients that stimulate the growth of Bifidobacterium and other bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract. Improved…”
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    Cost-Effectiveness of Rotavirus Vaccination in Peru by Clark, Andrew D., Walker, Damian G., Mosqueira, N. Rocio, Penny, Mary E., Lanata, Claudio F., Fox-Rushby, Julia, Sanderson, Colin F. B.

    Published in The Journal of infectious diseases (01-11-2009)
    “…BackgroundThere are plans to introduce the oral rotavirus vaccine Rotarix (GlaxoSmithKline), 1 of 2 recently developed vaccines against rotavirus, in Peru…”
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    Cohort Profile: The Young Lives Study by BARNETT, Inka, ARIANA, Proochista, PETROU, Stavros, PENNY, Mary E, DUC, Le Thuc, GALAB, S, WOLDEHANNA, Tassew, ESCOBAL, Javier A, PLUGGE, Emma, BOYDEN, Jo

    Published in International journal of epidemiology (01-06-2013)
    “…Young Lives is an international longitudinal study investigating the changing nature of childhood poverty in four low-income countries [Ethiopia, India (Andhra…”
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    Feeding Homemade Sugar Sweetened Beverages in Addition to Breastfeeding: Survey Results from Caregivers of Infants and Young Children in Peri-Urban Lima, Peru by Robert, Rebecca C., Penny, Mary E., Barbagelatta, Gisella, Gainer, Sally A.

    Published in Maternal and child health journal (01-12-2023)
    “…Objectives Consumption of sugar sweetened beverages (SSB) is associated with childhood obesity and other negative health conditions. Feeding SSB to infants and…”
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    Time use and sexual maturity−related indicators differentially predict youth body mass indices, Peruvian girls versus boys by Schott, Whitney, Aurino, Elisabetta, Penny, Mary E., Behrman, Jere R.

    Published in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (01-05-2020)
    “…Rapid development in Latin America has been accompanied by lifestyle shifts, including changes in time use and social environments. Overweight/obesity has also…”
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    Postinfancy growth, schooling, and cognitive achievement: Young Lives by Crookston, Benjamin T, Schott, Whitney, Cueto, Santiago, Dearden, Kirk A, Engle, Patrice, Georgiadis, Andreas, Lundeen, Elizabeth A, Penny, Mary E, Stein, Aryeh D, Behrman, Jere R

    Published in The American journal of clinical nutrition (01-12-2013)
    “…Background: Early life growth failure and resulting cognitive deficits are often assumed to be very difficult to reverse after infancy.Objective: We used data…”
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