Prevalence of malnutrition in Spanish schoolchildren

• Main Authors: Mónica Pérez-Ríos (Author), María Isolina Santiago-Pérez (Author), Rosaura Leis (Author), Alberto Malvar (Author), Jorge Suanzes (Author), Xurxo Hervada (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction and aims: The term malnutrition includes malnutrition due to excess or obesity, underweight as well as stunted growth. Its prevalence in a population can be estimated using anthropometric variables. The aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of malnutrition in Galician schoolch...