Wasting and stunting-similarities and differences: Policy and programmatic implications

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages S15-S23

  Briend, André ^a,b   Khara, Tanya ^c   Dolan, Carmel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c Emergency Nutrition Network   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; FAT; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; HORMONE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; POLICY MAKING; BONE; GROWTH; MUSCLE; NEONATE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PROTEIN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SECRETION;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; MORTALITY; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WASTING SYNDROME;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NUTRITION POLICY; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 84930327125     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/15648265150361S103     Document Type: Article

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