A new way to measure mid-upper-arm circumference in African villages

• Main Authors: Gregor Pollach (Author), Eleanore Bradley (Author), Abigail Cole (Author), Kai Jung (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: MDPI AG, 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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In 2011 we published a study on how to detect the threshold for malnutrition in children, simply using their own hands and without any technical tool. The fight against malnutrition can only be reached when its measurements involve every single child, almost continuously, in the affected villages. I...