Tackling the triple threats of childhood malnutrition
Abstract The term ‘double burden of malnutrition’ is usually interpreted in terms of the physical status of children: stunted and wasted children on the one hand and overweight/obese children on the other. There is a third category of malnutrition that can occur at either end of the anthropometric s...
Main Authors: | Martha Mwangome, Andrew M. Prentice |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-11-01
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Series: | BMC Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-019-1464-9 |
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