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The prevalence of underweight in children aged 5 years and younger attending primary health care clinics in the Mangaung area, Free State

BACKGROUND: The Constitution of South Africa stipulates that all children have the right to basic nutrition; however, a great number of South African children are underweight for age. It is important to address malnutrition as it is associated with more than 50% of all child deaths in developing cou...

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Autores principales: Koetaan, Danae, Smith, Andrea, Liebenberg, Anke, Brits, Marietjie, Halkas, Christos, van Lill, Maresa, Joubert, Gina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6018728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29943597
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v10i1.1476