The nutritional status of Grade 1 pupils, in Bloemfontein, South Africa and its association with socio-demographic data
Background: Despite the fact that UNICEF declared freedom from hunger and malnutrition abasic human right in 1948, more than 20 million children were severely malnourished in 2010 and a further 170 million were stunted. Malnutrition attributes to > 50% of child deaths by potentiating infectious d...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2013-05-01
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Series: | African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/475 |