Nutritional Status of Under Five Year Children and Factors Associated in Kapilvastu District, Nepal
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Malnutrition in children and women is a major publichealth problem in most of the developing countries and Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM) is more common among underfive year children. Childhood malnutrition is major underlying cause (>50%) of the under 5 year children deaths. Every year 7.6 million children die such preventable malnutrition and its related causes. Similarly, next prevalent cause of infant and child mortality is low birth weight which leads to the intergeneration cycle of malnutrition especially in female [1,2].
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