Nutritional status of five-to-nine-year-old children in rural communities in Togo (savanna and east-cost).

Authors
Agbere, AD Salami, AL Agbo, K Koriko, O Kouassi, K Bassuka-Parent, A Ouedraogo, A
Citation
Ad. Agbere et al., Nutritional status of five-to-nine-year-old children in rural communities in Togo (savanna and east-cost)., ANN PEDIAT, 46(10), 1999, pp. 711-713
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
ANNALES DE PEDIATRIE
ISSN journal
00662097 → ACNP
Volume
46
Issue
10
Year of publication
1999
Pages
711 - 713
Database
ISI
SICI code
0066-2097(199912)46:10<711:NSOFCI>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
A nutritional survey conducted in two rural areas of Togo demonstrated that protein-energy malnutrition was common between 5 and 9 years of age. Thus, the situation described earlier in the 0-5-year age group is now present i n older children.