Prevalence thresholds for wasting, overweight and stunting in children under 5 years

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 175-179

  De Onis, Mercedes ^a   Borghi, Elaine ^a   Arimond, Mary ^b   Webb, Patrick ^c   Croft, Trevor ^d   Saha, Kuntal ^a   De Regil, Luz Maria ^e   Thuita, Faith ^f   Heidkamp, Rebecca ^g   Krasevec, Julia ^h   Hayashi, Chika ^h   Flores Ayala, Rafael ⁱ  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Intake Center for Dietary Assessment   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e NUTRITION INTERNATIONAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h UNICEF   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Malnutrition; Overweight; Stunting; Wasting

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STANDARD; WASTING SYNDROME;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 85054981694     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980018002434     Document Type: Article

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