The nutritional status of children in two Kingston neighbourhoods over a five-year period of increasing food costs
1987
Fletcher, P. | Grantham-McGregor, S.M. | Powell, C.A. (West Indies Univ., Mona (Jamaica). Tropical Metabolism Research Unit)
A survey of 211 children between 6 and 48 months of age was taken between 1979 and 1984, during which time the cost of basic food items rose steeply. There was no consistent change in mean weight-for-age, weight-for-height and height-for-age over the 5-year period. The prevalence of severe and moderate malnutrition remained similar. In both surveys the nutritional status deteriorated as children got older
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