Malnutrition in children under the age of 5 years in a primary health care setting

Indiran Govender; Selvandran Rangiah; Ramprakash Kaswa; Doudou Nzaumvila

doi:10.4102/safp.v63i1.5337

Malnutrition in children under the age of 5 years in a primary health care setting

Indiran Govender^*
, Selvandran Rangiah
, Ramprakash Kaswa
, Doudou Nzaumvila

^*Corresponding author for this work

Family Medicine & Primary Health Care

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Abstract

In this study, we outlined the types of malnutrition amongst children, the causes of malnutrition intervention at the primary health care level and some recommendations to alleviate childhood malnutrition in South Africa.

Original language	English
Article number	a5337
Journal	South African Family Practice
Volume	63
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4102/safp.v63i1.5337
Publication status	Published - 2021

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 2 Zero Hunger
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Community level factors
Dietary intervention
Individual factors
Obesity
Severe acute malnutrition

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Malnutrition in children under the age of 5 years in a primary health care setting

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