Bundle: Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies, Loose-leaf Version, 14th + MindTap Nutrition, 1 term (6 months) Printed Access Card
Bundle: Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies, Loose-leaf Version, 14th + MindTap Nutrition, 1 term (6 months) Printed Access Card
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ISBN: 9781337127523
Author: Frances Sizer, Ellie Whitney
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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The form malnutrition takes in hungry children depends partly on the nature of the food shortage that caused it. Based on that, there are two forms of children malnutrition namely severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and chronic malnutrition (CM).

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