Prevalence and associated risk factors of stunting, wasting/thinness, and underweight among primary school children in Kandahar City, Afghanistan: a cross-sectional analytical study

• Main Authors: Bilal Ahmad Rahimi (Author), Aziz Ahmad Khalid (Author), Wais Mohammad Lali (Author), Wahid Ahmad Khalid (Author), Javed Ahmad Rahimi (Author), Walter R. Taylor (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Undernutrition, which includes stunting, wasting, and underweight, is a global problem, especially among children of low- and middle-income countries. To our knowledge, this study is first of its type from Afghanistan. Its main objectives were to estimate the prevalence and assoc...