Undernutrition among rural school-age children: a major public health challenge for an aspirational district in Karnataka, India

Undernutrition among rural school-age children: a major public health challenge for an aspirational district in Karnataka, India

BackgroundFor school-age children, a healthy transition from childhood to adolescence and adulthood depends on proper nutrition. Globally, most nutritional surveys focus on preschool and adolescents, neglecting school-age children. Recent studies have shown the prevalence of thinness among adolescen...

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Main Authors: Phaniraj Vastrad, Sushrit Neelopant, U. Venkateswara Prasad, Rahul Kirte, N. Chandan, Manish J. Barvaliya, Shivappa Hatnoor, S. B. Shashidhar, Subarna Roy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Nutrition
Subjects:
anthropometry
undernutrition
school-age children
stunting
thinness
BMI
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2023.1209949/full

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