Stunting diagnostic and awareness: impact assessment study of sociodemographic factors of stunting among school-going children of Pakistan

• Main Authors: Mahvish Ponum (Author), Saadia Khan (Author), Osman Hasan (Author), Muhammad Tahir Mahmood (Author), Asad Abbas (Author), Mehwish Iftikhar (Author), Reema Arshad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Stunting is a major public health issue in most of developing countries. Although, its worldwide prevalence is decreasing slowly but the number of stunted children is still rising in Pakistan. Stunting is highly associated with several long-term consequences, including higher rat...