An intersectional analysis of the composite index of anthropometric failures in India

Abstract Background Nutritional inequality in India has been estimated typically using stunting, wasting and underweight separately which hide the overall magnitude and severity of undernutrition. We used the Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF) that combines all three forms of anthropom...

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Main Authors: Sabu Ulahannan Kochupurackal, Yogish Channa Basappa, Sangeetha Joice Vazhamplackal, Prashanth N Srinivas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-021-01499-y