Nutritional problems of Malaysian children and approaches taken to overcome them

Nutritional status of children is an important factor in child survival, especially in developing countries. It is therefore important that nutritional problems are addressed and overcome. This paper reviews the many studies conducted in Malaysia on nutritional problems among children. It also docum...

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Main Author: Arokiasamy, J.T.
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Published: SAGE Publications 1990
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2223281
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spelling my.um.eprints.13792019-08-26T07:38:32Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/1379/ Nutritional problems of Malaysian children and approaches taken to overcome them Arokiasamy, J.T. R Medicine Nutritional status of children is an important factor in child survival, especially in developing countries. It is therefore important that nutritional problems are addressed and overcome. This paper reviews the many studies conducted in Malaysia on nutritional problems among children. It also documents the approaches, including intersectoral approaches, that have been taken to overcome these problems. Possible actions that have to be taken in the future to further improve the nutritional status of Malaysian children are discussed. SAGE Publications 1990 Article PeerReviewed Arokiasamy, J.T. (1990) Nutritional problems of Malaysian children and approaches taken to overcome them. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 4 (1). pp. 65-71. ISSN 1010-5395 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2223281 2223281
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Arokiasamy, J.T.
Nutritional problems of Malaysian children and approaches taken to overcome them
description Nutritional status of children is an important factor in child survival, especially in developing countries. It is therefore important that nutritional problems are addressed and overcome. This paper reviews the many studies conducted in Malaysia on nutritional problems among children. It also documents the approaches, including intersectoral approaches, that have been taken to overcome these problems. Possible actions that have to be taken in the future to further improve the nutritional status of Malaysian children are discussed.
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author Arokiasamy, J.T.
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title Nutritional problems of Malaysian children and approaches taken to overcome them
title_short Nutritional problems of Malaysian children and approaches taken to overcome them
title_full Nutritional problems of Malaysian children and approaches taken to overcome them
title_fullStr Nutritional problems of Malaysian children and approaches taken to overcome them
title_full_unstemmed Nutritional problems of Malaysian children and approaches taken to overcome them
title_sort nutritional problems of malaysian children and approaches taken to overcome them
publisher SAGE Publications
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url http://eprints.um.edu.my/1379/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2223281
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