What is more important? Measuring trends in child undernutrition correctly or interpreting them adequately?

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Roger Shrimpton et al. Pathog Glob Health. 2012 Aug.

. 2012 Aug;106(4):217.

doi: 10.1179/2047772412Z.00000000059.

¹ Dept of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, USA. rshrimpt@tulane.edu

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Trends in mild, moderate, and severe stunting and underweight, and progress towards MDG 1 in 141 developing countries: a systematic analysis of population representative data.
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