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. 1984 Mar 3;65(9):346-7.

Nutritional status of children under the age of 5 years in northern Gazankulu. A cross-sectional assessment

C B Ijsselmuiden
  • PMID: 6608157

Nutritional status of children under the age of 5 years in northern Gazankulu. A cross-sectional assessment

C B Ijsselmuiden. S Afr Med J. .

Abstract

A cross-sectional study of the nutritional status of 658 children under 5 years of age was carried out in one district in Gazankulu. Of these children, 29,8% were below the 3rd percentile of weight for age of the 1976 National Center for Health Statistics standards; in the 1 - 2-year age group this figure was 38,2%. A small group, 1,8%, weighed less than 60% of expected weight for age. The presence of a clinic in a village seems to have no influence on the percentage of underweight children.

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