Prevalence of underweight and wasting in Iranian children aged below 5 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Yousef Moradi (Author), Fatemeh Khosravi Shadmani (Author), Kamyar Mansori (Author), Shiva Mansouri Hanis (Author), Rozhin Khateri (Author), Hossein Mirzaei (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Pediatric Society, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Purpose Wasting and underweight are the 2 main indicators of children's undernutrition. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of undernutrition at the national level in Iran. Methods We performed a search for original articles published in international and Iranian databases including MEDLINE, We...