Undernutrition is undernourished
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Undernutrition is undernourished.
‘The persistence of malnutrition, especially among children and mothers, in this world of plenty, is immoral.’ This was an opening statement of a report published in 2000. The report was produced by the Commission on the Nutrition Challenges of the 21st Century and was presented to the UN System Standing Committee on Nutrition (UN SCN). Its title was Ending Malnutrition by 2020. We know now tha...
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عنوان ژورنال: Public Health Nutrition
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1368-9800,1475-2727
DOI: 10.1017/s136898000800222x