Catch-up growth is a better indicator of undernutrition than thresholds for stunting

OBJECTIVE: Stunting (height-for-age < -2 sd) is one of the forms of undernutrition and is frequent among children of low- and middle-income countries. But stunting perse is not a synonym of undernutrition. We investigated association between body height and indicators of energetic undernutrition...

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Main Authors: Christiane Scheffler, Barry Bogin, Michael Hermanussen
Format: Default Article
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/13234346.v1
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