Estimates of global prevalence of childhood underweight in 1990 and 2015
M De Onis, M Blössner, E Borghi, EA Frongillo… - Jama, 2004 - jamanetwork.com
ContextOne key target of the United Nations Millennium Development goals is to reduce the
prevalence of underweight among children younger than 5 years by half between 1990 and
2015. ObjectiveTo estimate trends in childhood underweight by geographic regions of the
world. Design, Setting, and ParticipantsTime series study of prevalence of underweight,
defined as weight 2 SDs below the mean weight for age of the National Center for Health
Statistics and World Health Organization (WHO) reference population. National prevalence …
prevalence of underweight among children younger than 5 years by half between 1990 and
2015. ObjectiveTo estimate trends in childhood underweight by geographic regions of the
world. Design, Setting, and ParticipantsTime series study of prevalence of underweight,
defined as weight 2 SDs below the mean weight for age of the National Center for Health
Statistics and World Health Organization (WHO) reference population. National prevalence …