How do children with severe underweight and wasting respond to treatment? A pooled secondary data analysis to inform future intervention studies

• Main Authors: Gloria A. Odei Obeng‐Amoako (Author), Heather Stobaugh (Author), Stephanie V. Wrottesley (Author), Tanya Khara (Author), Paul Binns (Author), Indi Trehan (Author), Robert E. Black (Author), Patrick Webb (Author), Martha Mwangome (Author), Jeanette Bailey (Author), Paluku Bahwere (Author), Carmel Dolan (Author), Erin Boyd (Author), André Briend (Author), Mark A. Myatt (Author), Natasha Lelijveld (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Children with weight‐for‐age z‐score (WAZ) <−3 have a high risk of death, yet this indicator is not widely used in nutrition treatment programming. This pooled secondary data analysis of children aged 6-59 months aimed to examine the prevalence, treatment outcomes, and growth trajectorie...