The exacerbated prevalence of acute malnutrition and growth retardation in Roma children living in camps

• Main Authors: Rosaria Giampaolo (Author), Rosaria Marotta (Author), Francesco Saverio Biagiarelli (Author), Antonella Zampa (Author), Stefania Moramarco (Author), Ersilia Buonomo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Child malnutrition is still a concern in marginalized groups of populations, such as immigrants living in very low socio-economic conditions. Roma children are within the most hard-to-reach populations, susceptible to undernutrition and growth retardation. In the city of Rome (It...