Use of new World Health Organization child growth standards to assess how infant malnutrition relates to breastfeeding and mortality

• Main Authors: Linda Vesel (Author), Rajiv Bahl (Author), Jose Martines (Author), Mary Penny (Author), Nita Bhandari (Author), Betty R Kirkwood (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To compare the estimated prevalence of malnutrition using the World Health Organization's (WHO) child growth standards versus the National Center for Health Statistics' (NCHS) growth reference, to examine the relationship between exclusive breastfeeding and malnutrition, and to...