Malnutrition in children under the age of 5 years in a primary health care setting
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Govender, Indiran
Rangiah, Selvandran
Kaswa, Ramprakash
Nzaumvila, Doudou K.
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Abstract
In this study, we outlined the types of malnutrition amongst children, the causes of malnutrition intervention at the primary health care level and some recommendations to alleviate childhood malnutrition in South Africa.
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Obesity, Severe acute malnutrition (SAM), Individual factors, Community level factors, Dietary intervention, Children, Primary healthcare (PHC), South Africa (SA)
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Govender, I., Rangiah, S., Kaswa, R. & Nzaumvila, D. Malnutrition in children under the age of 5 years in a primary health care setting. South African Family Practice 2021;63(1), a5337. https://doi.org/10.4102/safp.v63i1.5337.