Nutritional assessment of pre-school children in rural village of the family dynamics, lifestyle and nutrition study (1997-2001)

• Main Authors: Chee, Heng Leng, Khor, Geok Lin, Arshad, Fatimah, Wan Muda, Wan Abdul Manan, Shabdin, Ahmad Affendi, Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi, Abdullah, Rohani, Bidin, Siti Jamilah, Emby, Zahid, Mohd Marjan, Zamaliah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Persatuan Pemakanan Malaysia 2002
• Subjects: RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/121/1/Chee%2C_Heng_Leng%2C_and_Khor%2C_Geok_Lin%2C_and_Fatimah_A.%2C_and_Wan.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/121/; http://nutriweb.org.my/publications/mjn008_1/default.php

This paper presents the socio-economic profile of households in the Family Dynamics Study (FDS) (1997-2001) and makes comparisons with the earlier Functional Groups Study (FGS) (1992-1996). For the current study, FGS villages with a high prevalence of child malnutrition were purposively selected. I...