Experience of using home-based fortified diet in rehabilitation of malnourished children at Indus Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan: an institution based retrospective chart review study

Abstract Background Globally, it is estimated that 50 million children under five are wasted. National nutrition survey-2018 has shown that 23.3 and 45.5% of children are wasted and stunted in Pakistan. Many studies have shown that hospital-based management of malnutrition is not practical due to hi...

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Main Authors: Saba Shahid, Marvi Mahesar, Anum Rahim, Yumna Sadiq
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-08-01
Series:BMC Nutrition
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-021-00455-x