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Should India adopt a country-specific growth reference to measure undernutrition among its children?
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- Subramanian, S.V. (author)
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health,Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
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- Khailkar, Anuradha (author)
- Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute
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- Karlsson, Omar (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Centrum för ekonomisk demografi,Ekonomihögskolan,Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen,Centre for Economic Demography,Lund University School of Economics and Management, LUSEM,Department of Economic History,Lund University School of Economics and Management, LUSEM,Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Harvard TH. Chan School of Public Health Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies (creator_code:org_t)
- Elsevier BV, 2023
- 2023
- Undefined language 3 s.
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In: The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia. - : Elsevier BV. - 2772-3682. ; 9
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- The 2006 World Health Organization (WHO) growth standard—based on the Multi Growth Reference Study (MGRS)—is a universal standard for healthy height and weight of young children. The share of children that deviate substantially from this growth standard (i.e., fall below −2 standard deviations) defines three important indicators: stunting (low height-for-age), wasting (low weight-for-height), and underweight (low weight-for-age). These three indicators are most often used to assess prevalence of different forms of undernutrition in a population. The prevalence of stunting, wasting, and underweight based on the MGRS are used to set international (e.g., Sustainable Development Goals) and national (e.g., POSHAN Abhiyaan in India) targets and guide substantial allocation of resources for reducing child undernutrition.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Pediatrik (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Pediatrics (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)
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