Child Growth and Nutrition in Developing Countries: Priorities for Action

✍ Scribed by Per Pinstrup-Andersen (editor); David Pelletier (editor); Harold Alderman (editor)

Publisher: Cornell University Press
Year: 2019
Tongue: English
Leaves: 460
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

What can be done for the estimated 190 million of the world's children under age five who are chronically undernourished? This book presents a broad, multidisciplinary approach to eliminating child malnutrition in developing countries.

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