Preventing acute malnutrition in young children: improving the evidence for current and future practice

Marko Kerac; Andrew Seal

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001715

Preventing acute malnutrition in young children: improving the evidence for current and future practice

PLoS Med. 2014 Sep 2;11(9):e1001715. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001715. eCollection 2014 Sep.

Authors

Marko Kerac¹, Andrew Seal²

Affiliations

¹ Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
² Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom.

Abstract

Marko Kerac and Andrew Seal comment on the study by Langendorf and colleagues about the effectiveness of different strategies to prevent malnutrition in young children and discuss the implications of this study for food programs worldwide.

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Publication types

Review
Comment

MeSH terms

Early Medical Intervention / methods*
Female
Humans
Male
Malnutrition / epidemiology*
Malnutrition / prevention & control*
Nutrition Surveys / methods*
Nutrition Therapy / methods*
Rural Population*

Grants and funding

No specific funding was received to write this article. MK gratefully acknowledges support from NIHR for his academic clinical lecturer post.