Growth reference charts and the nutritional status of Indian children
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Growth reference charts and the nutritional status of Indian children.
We evaluate the growth performance of Indian children of age 0-3 using data from the 1998-1999 National Family and Health Survey, making use of the new child growth standards developed by the World Health Organization' Multicentre Growth Reference Study. We find that the new charts lead to an increase of 4.2 million in the estimated number of stunted children, and an increase of 2.3 million in ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Economics & Human Biology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1570-677X
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2008.07.004