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Moderate malnutrition in children aged five years and younger in South Africa: are wasting or stunting being treated?

Published in: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Volume 29 , issue 1 , 2016 , pages: 27–31

DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2016.1215886

Author(s): L Steenkamp Department of Dietetics, , R Lategan Head Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, , J Raubenheimer Department of Biostatistics,

Keywords: malnutrition , children , wasting , stunting , treatment

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Abstract

Objectives: The objective of the study was to describe wasting and stunting in children aged 12–60 months, admitted to targeted supplementary feeding programmes for the treatment of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) in South Africa.

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