Background: Although several studies have examined the link between different food groups intake and stunting among children, no study, to our knowledge, was done on exceptional children. The aim of this study was assessed the association of dietary intake and stunting in Iranian exceptional children. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 470 exceptional children (226 mentally retarded, 182 deaf and 62 blind children), aged 5-15 years. Height was measured using standard tool. Stunting was defined as height-for-age z-score of
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Nachvak, S. M., Sadeghi, O., Moradi, S., Esmailzadeh, A., & Mostafai, R. (2020). Food groups intake in relation to stunting among exceptional children. BMC Pediatrics, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-020-02291-7
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