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A cross-sectional nutritional survey of children belonging to Tamil Nadu State of India, aged 0–3 years was conducted on a representative sample of 2039 children. The collected data was analysed using the recommended indices of height-for-age and weight-for-height based on standard deviation (SD scores) and cross-classified using the SD scores. The nutritional status of these children was compared with the NCHS standard. Prevalence of stunting (27.6%), wasting (9.9%) and simultaneous wasting and stunting (10.7%) was high among the children studied:
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Abel, R., Sampathkumar, V. Tamil Nadu nutritional survey comparing children aged 0–3 years with the NCHS/CDC reference population. Indian J Pediatr 65, 565–572 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02730896
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