Nutritional status of breastfed infants in rural Zambia: comparison of the National Center for Health Statistics growth reference versus the WHO 12-month breastfed pooled data set

• Main Authors: J.L.A. Hautvast (Author), A. Pandor (Author), J. Burema (Author), J.J.M. Tolboom (Author), N. Chishimba (Author), L.A.H. Monnens (Author), W.A. van Staveren (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Cross-sectional data for breastfed infants in rural Zambia were used to evaluate the effect of applying two different data sets as a reference, i.e. the WHO 12-month breastfed pooled data set and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) growth reference in terms of prevalence of malnutrition...