Identifying Targets for the Prevention of Childhood Undernutrition in a Resource-Limited Peri-Urban Ecuadorian Community.
Suzanna L AttiaWolf-Peter SchmidtJaneth Ceballos OsorioThomas YoungAric SchadlerJulie PlasenciaPublished in: Food and nutrition bulletin (2021)
In this peri-urban limited-resource, mostly Indigenous Ecuadorian community, stunting exceeds national prevalence, lower monthly income is the strongest predictor of undernutrition, lower DDS can predict some forms of undernutrition, and vitamin deficiencies are associated with but not predictive of undernutrition.