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Comment
. 2014 Sep 2;11(9):e1001715.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001715. eCollection 2014 Sep.

Preventing acute malnutrition in young children: improving the evidence for current and future practice

Marko Kerac  1 , Andrew Seal  2
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Preventing acute malnutrition in young children: improving the evidence for current and future practice

Marko Kerac et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

Marko Kerac and Andrew Seal comment on the study by Langendorf and colleagues about the effectiveness of different strategies to prevent malnutrition in young children and discuss the implications of this study for food programs worldwide.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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