Nutritional status and risk factors for stunting in preschool children in Bhutan

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue , 2018, Pages

  Kang, Yunhee ^a   Aguayo, Víctor M ^b   Campbell, Rebecca K ^a   Dzed, Laigden ^c   Joshi, Vandana ^b   Waid, Jillian L ^d   Gupta, Suvadra Datta ^d   Haselow, Nancy J ^e   West, Keith P ^a  

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

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health   (Bhutan)

^d HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (Bangladesh)

^e HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bhutan; childhood stunting; nutritional trend; risk factors; South Asia; wasting

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BHUTAN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOT EDEMA; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDEMA; GROWTH DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY;

BHUTAN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDEMA; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 85056334025     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12653     Document Type: Article

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