Prevalence and Correlates of Undernutrition in Young Children Living in Urban Slums of Mumbai, India: A Cross Sectional Study

Background: Young children living in urban slums are vulnerable to malnutrition and subsequently poor health outcomes, but data on the correlates of stunting, underweight, wasting, and anemia specifically among 10–18 month-old children in India remain limited.Objective: In this analysis, we sought t...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Public Health
Main Authors:	Samantha Lee Huey, Julia Leigh Finkelstein, Sudha Venkatramanan, Shobha A. Udipi, Padmini Ghugre, Varsha Thakker, Aparna Thorat, Ramesh D. Potdar, Harsha V. Chopra, Anura V. Kurpad, Jere Douglas Haas, Saurabh Mehta
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-07-01
Subjects:	children nutrition Mumbai anemia stunting India
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00191/full