Undernutrition and severe acute malnutrition in children

BMJ. 2017 Nov 16:359:j4877. doi: 10.1136/bmj.j4877.

Authors

Suparna Ghosh-Jerath¹, Archna Singh², Nameet Jerath³, Suruchi Gupta⁴, Elizabeth F Racine⁵

Affiliations

¹ Public Health Foundation of India, Indian Institute of Public Health-Delhi, Gurgaon, Haryana 122002, India suparna.ghoshj@iiphd.org.
² Biochemistry Department, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
³ Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Pediatrics, New Delhi, India.
⁴ Public Health Foundation of India, Indian Institute of Public Health-Delhi, Gurgaon, Haryana 122002, India.
⁵ Department of Public Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte NC, USA.

PMID: 29146679
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j4877

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / diagnosis*
Appetite
Arm
Checklist
Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena*
Child, Preschool
Community Health Workers / education
Dehydration / diagnosis
Edema / diagnosis
Female
Health Education
Humans
Infant
Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena*
Infant, Newborn
Male
Mothers / education
Nutritional Status*
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Protein-Energy Malnutrition / diagnosis*
Protein-Energy Malnutrition / therapy
Referral and Consultation
Severe Acute Malnutrition / diagnosis*
Severe Acute Malnutrition / therapy
Thinness
Vitamin A Deficiency / diagnosis*