Dual forms of malnutrition in the same households in Malaysia - A case study among Malay rural households

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 427-437

  Khor, Geok Lin ^a   Sharif, Zalilah Mohd ^a  

^a Universiti Putra Malaysia   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Food intake; Malaysia; Malnutrition; Underweight child overweight mother

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTHER; NUTRIENT; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; OVERNUTRITION; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 3042766111     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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