Abstract
Linear mixed-effect models made best use of all available information. Trends are uneven across regions, with some showing a need for more concerted and efficient interventions to meet the MDG of reducing levels of child malnutrition by half between 1990 and 2015.
Keywords
UnderweightMalnutritionEnvironmental healthGeographyChild mortalityPsychological interventionUrbanizationLatin AmericansMedicineDemographyEconomic growthPopulationOverweightPolitical scienceObesityEconomics
MeSH Terms
ChildChild Nutrition DisordersChild Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaDeveloping CountriesGlobal HealthGrowth DisordersHumansLinear ModelsPrevalence
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- 2004
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- 33
- Issue
- 6
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- 1260-1270
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- 165
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Mercedes de Onís
(2004).
Methodology for estimating regional and global trends of child malnutrition.
International Journal of Epidemiology
, 33
(6)
, 1260-1270.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyh202
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- DOI
- 10.1093/ije/dyh202
- PMID
- 15542535