Trends of height-for-age Z-scores according to age among Brazilian children under 5 years old from 2006 to 2019

• Main Authors: Inês Rugani Ribeiro de Castro (Author), Dayana Rodrigues Farias (Author), Talita Lelis Berti (Author), Pedro Gomes Andrade (Author), Luiz Antonio dos Anjos (Author), Nadya Helena Alves-Santos (Author), Elisa Maria de Aquino Lacerda (Author), Maiara Brusco de Freitas (Author), Gilberto Kac (Author)
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• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This study compared the distribution of stunting and height-for-age (HAZ) Z-scores among age groups in data from the Brazilian National Survey on Demography and Health of Women and Children (PNDS 2006) and the Brazilian National Survey on Child Nutrition (ENANI-2019). The final sample comprised 4,40...