Association between household food access insecurity and nutritional status indicators among children aged <5 years in Nepal: Results from a national, cross-sectional household survey

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 2906-2914

  Sreeramareddy, Chandrashekhar T ^a   Ramakrishnareddy, N ^b   Subramaniam, Mayoori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

^b Bengaluru Medical College and Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Food insecurity; Nepal; Under 5s; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FAMILY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; NEPAL; NEWBORN; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WASTING SYNDROME;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEPAL; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; THINNESS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 84948438438     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980014002729     Document Type: Review

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