Stunted growth is associated with physical indicators of malnutrition but not food insecurity among rural school children in Honduras

Nutrition Research

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 549-555

  Gray, Virginia B ^a   Cossman, Jeralynn S ^a   Powers, Edward L ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Food insecurity; Honduras; Malnutrition; Rural; Stunting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH DISORDER; HAIR; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR COLOR; HEALTH STATUS; HONDURAS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SKIN DISCOLORATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THICKNESS;

EID: 33750964828     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2006.09.009     Document Type: Article

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