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Use of modified composite index of anthropometric failure and MUAC-for-age to assess prevalence of malnutrition among school-age children and adolescents involved in the school feeding program in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Malnutrition hampers educational performance of schoolchildren coming from low-income families. School feeding program was, thus, launched in public primary schools in Addis Ababa very recently. It is, thus, important to measure the initial nutritional status of participating students to...
Autores principales: | Destaw, Zelalem, Wencheko, Eshetu, Zemenfeskidus, Samuel, Challa, Yohannes, Tiruneh, Melkamu, Fite, Meti Tamrat, Shaleka, Dilu, Ashenafi, Mogessie |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8620559/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34836546 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40795-021-00471-x |
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