Children with Poor Linear Growth Are at Risk for Repeated Relapse to Wasting after Recovery from Moderate Acute Malnutrition
Author(s) -
Heather Stobaugh,
Beatrice Lorge Rogers,
Irwin H. Rosenberg,
Patrick Webb,
Kenneth Maleta,
Mark Manary,
Indi Trehan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.463
H-Index - 265
eISSN - 1541-6100
pISSN - 0022-3166
DOI - 10.1093/jn/nxy033
Subject(s) - wasting , malnutrition , anthropometry , medicine , severe acute malnutrition , linear growth , logistic regression , pediatrics , population , demography , environmental health , sociology , mathematics
Nutrition programs frequently approach wasting and stunting as 2 separate conditions with distinct causes and effects. Although several cross-sectional studies have identified an association between the 2 conditions, longitudinal studies are useful to quantify the risk of acute malnutrition based on the trajectory of linear growth.
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