Article

Estimated burden of aggregate anthropometric failure among Malawian children

Published in: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Volume 31 , issue 2 , 2018 , pages: 43–46

DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2017.1387433

Author(s): M Ziba Faculty of Food and Human Sciences, Malawi , AA Kalimbira Faculty of Food and Human Sciences, Malawi , Z Kalumikiza Faculty of Food and Human Sciences, Malawi

Keywords: anthropometric failure , composite , underestimation

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Abstract

Background: The prevalence and trends of undernutrition among children below the age of five in Malawi are well known from a conventional (stunting, wasting and underweight) but not aggregate indicator perspective.

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