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August 18, 2025Wadia Journal of Women and Child Health

Pediatric undernutrition – Public health perspective

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RMRadhika MathurSPSanjay P. PrabhuAVAyushi Amit Vora

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This review finds that public health initiatives combat stunting and wasting in children, highlighting collaboration with community screening efforts.

Key Points

  • High rates of undernutrition in India hinder social and economic progress, with millions of children affected.
  • Key screenings for addressing malnutrition include measuring weight-for-age, height-for-age, and weight-for-height.
  • Community screening is facilitated by frontline workers using digital tools to monitor early growth failure and malnutrition signs.
  • Nutrition rehabilitation centers play a critical role in treating severe acute malnutrition through targeted interventions.

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Mathur et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68af2ee5cf1dd9ea359e67b6https://doi.org/10.25259/wjwch_7_2025
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