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Author Correction: Early-childhood linear growth faltering in low- and middle-income countries

Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA Jade Benjamin-Chung & Anna Nguyen Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA Jade Benjamin-Chung, Andrew Mertens, John M. Colford Jr, Alan E. Hubbard, Mark J. van der Laan, Jeremy Coyle, Oleg Sofrygin, Wilson Cai, Anna Nguyen, Nolan N. Pokpongkiat, Stephanie Djajadi, Anmol Seth, Wendy Jilek, Esther Jung, Esther O. Chung, Sonali Rosete, Nima Hejazi, Ivana Malenica & Haodong Li Chan […]

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Diabetes risk soars for adults who had a sweet tooth as kids

Candy-floss effect: a childhood diet rich in sugar has been linked to higher risk of high-blood pressure and other conditions in adulthood.Credit: Getty It’s tough news to hear on Halloween: a sugary diet in the first two years of life is linked to a higher risk of diabetes and high blood pressure decades later, according […]