Food insecurity, social welfare and low birth weight: implications for childhood malnutrition in an urban Eastern Cape Province township

Background Limited information is available regarding the impact of food insecurity, low birth weight (LBW) and the protective effect of the child support grant (CSG) on malnutrition in South Africa (SA). Objectives To describe malnutrition in the context of food insecurity, CSG and LBW hist...

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Main Authors: McLaren, Shawn, Steenkamp, Liana, Feeley, Alison, Nyarko, Joyce, Venter, Danie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Health & Medical Publishing Group 2018
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Online Access:https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/5232/1/McLaren%20et%20al%20%282018%29.pdf