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Management of undernourished children depends only on wasting yet it can coexist with underweight and/or stunting. Among children admitted to hospital with acute illness, we determined the proportion with wasting coexisting with underweight and/or stunting and their risk factors. A retrospective review of hospital records of children 6‒59 months old admitted at Garissa County referral hospital, Kenya, from January 2017 to December 2019 was conducted. Using World Health Organization 2006 growth standards, undernutrition were defined: wasting as Weight-for-height Z-score 

Original publication

DOI

10.1111/mcn.13754

Type

Journal article

Journal

Matern Child Nutr

Publication Date

01/2025

Volume

21

Keywords

Kenya, coexisting forms of undernutrition, concurrent wasting and stunting, stunting, underweight, wasting, Humans, Infant, Kenya, Growth Disorders, Thinness, Male, Female, Child, Preschool, Retrospective Studies, Wasting Syndrome, Risk Factors, Hospitalization