Severity of protein-energy malnutrition in eastern Sudan.
Anthropometric measurements were taken from 3461 children under 5 years of age in 73 rural communities in eastern Sudan. Altogether, 55% of the children fell below -2 standard deviations from the median, using WHO weight-for-height reference tables. Waterlow classification showed that about half of the children were wasted or stunted, or both.
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Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum.
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013397:Sudan; D014480:United Nations; D014944:World Health Organization