countries. Poor children suffer most from undernutrition, but even among the better-off children in developing countries … to be required in these countries to effectively address undernutrition among children at different socioeconomic levels. … underweight among children in a large number of low- and middle-income countries. METHODS: We analyzed Demographic and Health …

dietary energy supply, (2) child undernutrition, and (3) child mortality. The initial version of the index included the … the population that is calorie deficient (FAO's prevalence of undernourishment); the prevalence of underweight in children … the prevalence of child underweight for the child undernutrition dimension, the use of the under-five mortality rate from …

, overweight, and severe wasting?are headcount ratios. They do not capture how far behind malnourished children are relative to the …