Nutritional status of school age children in Abakaliki metropolis, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

• Main Authors: Adanna Anthonia Umeokonkwo (Author), Maryann Ugochi Ibekwe (Author), Chukwuma David Umeokonkwo (Author), Clifford Onuorah Okike (Author), Obumneme Benaiah Ezeanosike (Author), Bede Chidozie Ibe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Malnutrition is a major public health problem with short and long-term adverse effects on children particularly in middle and low-income countries. Three out of every ten under-five children are said to be stunted and 19.4% underweight in Nigeria. In Ebonyi State, between 2013 an...