Experience of using home-based fortified diet in rehabilitation of malnourished children at Indus Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan: an institution based retrospective chart review study
Abstract Background Globally, it is estimated that 50 million children under five are wasted. National nutrition survey-2018 has shown that 23.3 and 45.5% of children are wasted and stunted in Pakistan. Many studies have shown that hospital-based management of malnutrition is not practical due to hi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-08-01
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Series: | BMC Nutrition |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-021-00455-x |