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Management of severe acute malnutrition in low-income and middle-income countries
2014
Archives of Disease in Childhood
Kwashiorkor and marasmus, collectively termed severe acute malnutrition (SAM), account for at least 10% of all deaths among children under 5 years of age worldwide, virtually all of them in low-income and middle-income countries. A number of risk factors, including seasonal food insecurity, environmental enteropathy, poor complementary feeding practices, and chronic and acute infections, contribute to the development of SAM. Careful anthropometry is key to making an accurate diagnosis of SAM
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2014-306026
pmid:25421910
fatcat:lqeuwlamw5bllmiefaow4wdhgy