Prevalence and trends in the childhood dual burden of malnutrition in low- and middle-income countries, 1990-2012

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1375-1388

  Tzioumis, Emma ^a   Kay, Melissa C ^a   Bentley, Margaret E ^a   Adair, Linda S ^a  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Developing countries; Dual burden; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84959085661     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980016000276     Document Type: Review

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