Undernutrition and associated risk factors among school age children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Global health

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Degarege, Dawit ^a   Degarege, Abraham ^b,c   Animut, Abebe ^b  

^a Lia Foundation   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addis Ababa; Children; Ethiopia; Risk factors; Stunting; Undernutrition; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRY; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84928551029     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1714-5     Document Type: Article

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