Target weight gain for moderately wasted children during supplementation interventions - A population-based approach

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2117-2123

  Briend, André ^a   Van Den Broeck, Jan ^b   Fadnes, Lars T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Intervention; Population; Wasting; Weight for height

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EMACIATION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALNUTRITION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84857218699     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011001777     Document Type: Article

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