Paradoxical malnutrition in mother-child pairs: Untangling the phenomenon of over- and under-nutrition in underdeveloped economies

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-35

  Jehn, Megan ^a   Brewis, Alexandra ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Health general (I10); Household economics; Malnutrition; Maternal; Obesity; Paradoxical malnutrition; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; OBESITY; POVERTY; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63049106524     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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