Trends of malnutrition in Mexican children under five years from 1988 to 2016: Analysis of five national surveys

• Main Authors: Lucía Cuevas-Nasu (Author), Teresa Shamah-Levy (Author), Sonia L Hernández-Cordero (Author), L Dinorah González-Castell (Author), Ignacio Méndez Gómez-Humarán (Author), Marco A Ávila-Arcos (Author), Juan A Rivera-Dommarco (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. To study the magnitude, distribution and trends of undernutrition and overweight in Mexican children un­der five years between 1988 and 2016. Materials and methods. Underweight, wasting, stunting and overweight prevalences were calculated, at national, regional and rural/ urban locality l...