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Prevalence of childhood malnutrition among under 5 yrs children in Regae village in Greater Marble-Hall sub-district in Limpopo Province

Thesis (MPH.) --University of Limpopo, 2008. / Childhood malnutrition is one of the conditions that have been identified by
the world health organisation to be given high priority in terms of their control and management. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of childhood malnutrition in a rural village of Regae in the Limpopo province.
The study found that stunting and underweight are 17.5% whilst wasting is
at 12.9% in the village.
Key words: childhood malnutrition, stunting, wasting, underweight,
socioeconomic factors, educational level. / N/A

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ul/oai:ulspace.ul.ac.za:10386/324
Date12 1900
CreatorsMaditsi, Mohlapametse James
ContributorsMpolokeng, M.B.L, Nyazema, N
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
Formatx, 86 p.
Relationpdf

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