Child malnutrition in Mexico in the last two decades: prevalence using the new WHO 2006 growth standards Malnutrición preescolar en México en las últimas dos décadas: prevalencias usando los estándares de la OMS-2006

• Main Authors: Teresa González-de Cossío (Author), Juan A Rivera (Author), Dinorah González-Castell (Author), Mishel Unar-Munguía (Author), Eric A Monterrubio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To describe preschool malnutrition prevalence and trends in Mexican children for the 1988, 1999 and 2006 Mexican National Nutrition Surveys using WHO-2006 standards and National Center for Health Statistics/WHO (NCHS/WHO) references. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Prevalence of undernutrition (<...