An intersectional analysis of the composite index of anthropometric failures in India

• Main Authors: Sabu Ulahannan Kochupurackal (Author), Yogish Channa Basappa (Author), Sangeetha Joice Vazhamplackal (Author), Prashanth N Srinivas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Nutritional inequality in India has been estimated typically using stunting, wasting and underweight separately which hide the overall magnitude and severity of undernutrition. We used the Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF) that combines all three forms of anthropom...