Creator:

World Health Organization (WHO)

Geography:

International

Categories:

• Nutrition, Obesity, and Body Mass

Tags:

• child growth
• malnutrition

Date:

1960-

URL:

http://www.who.int/nutgrowthdb/database/en/

Annotation:

Standardized compilation of child growth and malnutrition data from nutritional surveys conducted around the world.Scientists have been using growth assessment because it best defines the health and nutritional status of children while serving as a useful indirect measurement of a population's overall socioeconomic status

Tags:

malnutrition; child growth