Beyond wasted and stunted—a major shift to fight child undernutrition

The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2019, Pages 831-834

  Wells, Jonathan C K ^a   Briend, André ^b,c   Boyd, Erin M ^d   Berkely, James A ^e,f,g   Hall, Andrew ^h   Isanaka, Sheila ^i,j   Webb, Patrick ^k   Khara, Tanya ^l   Dolan, Carmel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^e KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g The Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network (CHAIN)   (Kenya)

^h Independent Consultant   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^j EPICENTRE   (France)

^k TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l Emergency Nutrition Network   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT LOSS; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY RISK; OBESITY; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SAMPLE SIZE; STUNTING; SURVIVAL RATE; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 85072850932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23524642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-4642(19)30244-5     Document Type: Review

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