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Challenges Measuring All Forms of Malnutrition in Adolescence in Kenya: Varying Cut Offs for Obesity, Iron Deficiency, and Anemia Change the Prevalence of Malnutrition

OBJECTIVES: Malnutrition is shifting in Kenya (increasing rates of obesity with high rates of undernutrition, micronutrient deficiency). There is little consensus on how to measure the coexistence of all forms of malnutrition among adolescents. This study aimed to compare how the prevalence of malnu...

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Autores principales: Seiger, Emily, Owuor, Mercy, Nandoya, Erick, Omala, Hillary, Muasa, Mark, Ruto, Nathan, Meyer, Katie, Ammerman, Alice, Voruganti, Saroja, Pompano, Laura, Thompson, Amanda, Martin, Stephanie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9193429/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzac060.062