Open AccessFight against Childhood Malnutrition - A Must Win Battle
Author(s) -
Shakeel Ahmed
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the journal of bahria university medical and dental college
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-9482
pISSN - 2220-7562
DOI - 10.51985/jbumdc2018052
Subject(s) - wasting , underweight , malnutrition , overweight , battle , environmental health , obesity , population , medicine , gerontology , geography , endocrinology , archaeology , pathology
Child growth is internationally recognized as an important indicator of nutritional status and health of the nation by which the nutritional status of the population can be assessed. Nutritional imbalance results in under nutrition (underweight, wasting and stunting) and over nutrition (overweight & obesity)