The double burden of malnutrition in Vietnamese school-aged children and adolescents: a rapid shift over a decade in Ho Chi Minh City.

Thi My Thien MaiNgoc Oanh PhamThi Minh Hanh TranPeter BakerDanielle GallegosThi Ngoc Diep DoJolieke C van der PolsSusan J Jordan

Published in: European journal of clinical nutrition (2020)

Overnutrition is increasingly common in school-aged children and adolescents in HCMc, while over and undernutrition continue to coexist. These findings highlight an urgent need for greater efforts to control malnutrition in children in HCMc.

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