Abstract
A total of 651 preschool children from rural central Africa were selected by random cluster sampling, weighed, and measured. Two per cent were wasted, but 47% were stunted. As linear growth recovers more slowly than weight repeated infections may give inadequate time for height catch up.
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Cutting, W. A. M., Elton, R. A., Campbell, J. L., Minton, E. J., & Spreng, J. M. (1987). Stunting in African children. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 62(5), 508–509. https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.62.5.508
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