Does treatment of short or stunted children aged 6-59 months for severe acute malnutrition using ready to use therapeutic food make them overweight? Data from Malawi
Abstract Background Using mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) to identify severe acute malnutrition (SAM) tends to identify younger and stunted children compared to alternative anthropometric case-definitions. It has been asserted by some experts, without supporting evidence, that stunted children wi...
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Main Authors: | Paul Binns (Author), Mark Myatt (Author) |
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2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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