Child undernutrition in affluent societies: What are we talking about?

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 545-555

  Wright, Charlotte M ^a   Garcia, Ada L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Failure to thrive; Malnutrition; Stunting; Undernutrition; Wasting

Indexed keywords

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; STUNTING; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FAILURE TO THRIVE; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALNUTRITION; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL CLASS; SYNDROME; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 84868283659     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: 14752719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665112000687     Document Type: Conference Paper

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