Wasting coexisting with underweight and stunting among children aged 6‒59 months hospitalised in Garissa County Referral Hospital, Kenya

Autor:	Mutuvi Wambua, Symon M. Kariuki, Hassan Abdullahi, Osman A. Abdullahi, Moses M. Ngari
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2025
Předmět:	coexisting forms of undernutrition concurrent wasting and stunting Kenya stunting underweight wasting Pediatrics RJ1-570 Gynecology and obstetrics RG1-991 Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases RC620-627
Zdroj:	Maternal and Child Nutrition, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp n/a-n/a (2025)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1740-8709 1740-8695
DOI:	10.1111/mcn.13754
Popis:	Abstract Management of undernourished children depends only on wasting yet it can coexist with underweight and/or stunting. Among children admitted to hospital with acute illness, we determined the proportion with wasting coexisting with underweight and/or stunting and their risk factors. A retrospective review of hospital records of children 6‒59 months old admitted at Garissa County referral hospital, Kenya, from January 2017 to December 2019 was conducted. Using World Health Organization 2006 growth standards, undernutrition were defined: wasting as Weight‐for‐height Z‐score
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