Prevalence and Correlates of Undernutrition in Young Children Living in Urban Slums of Mumbai, India: A Cross Sectional Study

Prevalence and Correlates of Undernutrition in Young Children Living in Urban Slums of Mumbai, India: A Cross Sectional Study

Background: Young children living in urban slums are vulnerable to malnutrition and subsequently poor health outcomes, but data on the correlates of stunting, underweight, wasting, and anemia specifically among 10–18 month-old children in India remain limited.Objective: In this analysis, we sought t...

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Auteurs principaux: Samantha Lee Huey, Julia Leigh Finkelstein, Sudha Venkatramanan, Shobha A. Udipi, Padmini Ghugre, Varsha Thakker, Aparna Thorat, Ramesh D. Potdar, Harsha V. Chopra, Anura V. Kurpad, Jere Douglas Haas, Saurabh Mehta
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-07-01
Collection:Frontiers in Public Health
Sujets:
children
nutrition
Mumbai
anemia
stunting
India
Accès en ligne:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00191/full

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