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Prevalence and trends in the childhood dual burden of malnutrition in low- and middle-income countries, 1990-2012.

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Tzioumis, E; Kay, MC; Bentley, ME; Adair, LS
Published in: Public Health Nutr
June 2016

OBJECTIVE: To describe trends in country- and individual-level dual burden of malnutrition in children <5 years, and age-stratified (<2 years, ≥2 years) country-level trends, in thirty-six low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). DESIGN: Using repeated cross-sectional nationally representative data, we calculated the prevalence of malnutrition (stunting, wasting, overweight) at each survey wave, annualized rates of prevalence change for each country over time, and trends before and after 2000, for all children <5 years and separately for those

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Public Health Nutr

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1475-2727

Publication Date

June 2016

Volume

19

Issue

8

Start / End Page

1375 / 1388

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Prevalence
  • Overweight
  • Nutritional Status
  • Nutrition & Dietetics
  • Malnutrition
  • Infant
  • Income
  • Humans
  • Growth Disorders
  • Developing Countries
 

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Tzioumis, E., Kay, M. C., Bentley, M. E., & Adair, L. S. (2016). Prevalence and trends in the childhood dual burden of malnutrition in low- and middle-income countries, 1990-2012. Public Health Nutr, 19(8), 1375–1388. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980016000276
Tzioumis, Emma, Melissa C. Kay, Margaret E. Bentley, and Linda S. Adair. “Prevalence and trends in the childhood dual burden of malnutrition in low- and middle-income countries, 1990-2012.Public Health Nutr 19, no. 8 (June 2016): 1375–88. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980016000276.
Tzioumis E, Kay MC, Bentley ME, Adair LS. Prevalence and trends in the childhood dual burden of malnutrition in low- and middle-income countries, 1990-2012. Public Health Nutr. 2016 Jun;19(8):1375–88.
Tzioumis, Emma, et al. “Prevalence and trends in the childhood dual burden of malnutrition in low- and middle-income countries, 1990-2012.Public Health Nutr, vol. 19, no. 8, June 2016, pp. 1375–88. Pubmed, doi:10.1017/S1368980016000276.
Tzioumis E, Kay MC, Bentley ME, Adair LS. Prevalence and trends in the childhood dual burden of malnutrition in low- and middle-income countries, 1990-2012. Public Health Nutr. 2016 Jun;19(8):1375–1388.
Journal cover image

Published In

Public Health Nutr

DOI

EISSN

1475-2727

Publication Date

June 2016

Volume

19

Issue

8

Start / End Page

1375 / 1388

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Prevalence
  • Overweight
  • Nutritional Status
  • Nutrition & Dietetics
  • Malnutrition
  • Infant
  • Income
  • Humans
  • Growth Disorders
  • Developing Countries