Open AccessSuccessive 1-Month Weight Increments in Infancy Can Be Used to Screen for Faltering Linear Growth
Author(s) -
Adelheid W. Onyango,
Elaine Borghi,
Mercedes de Onís,
Edward A. Frongillo,
César G. Victora,
Kathryn G. Dewey,
Anna Lartey,
Nita Bhandari,
Anne Bærug,
Cutberto Garza
Publication year - 2015
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 - 10.3945/jn.115.211896
Subject(s) - medicine , percentile , pediatrics , population , linear growth , cohort , standard score , demography , environmental health , statistics , mathematics , sociology
Linear growth faltering in the first 2 y contributes greatly to a high stunting burden, and prevention is hampered by the limited capacity in primary health care for timely screening and intervention.
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