En el mundo aproximadamente un tercio de la población infantil padece desnutrición calórico-proteica, afectando principalmente a África, Asia, América Latina y Oceanía, y es la causa de aproximadamente el 55% de las muertes de niños entre 1 y 4 años de edad (Nájera y col., 2001a ; Pelletier y col.,...
Global malnutrition is responsible, directly or indirectly, 60 per cent of the 10.9 million deaths that occur each year among children under the age of 5 years and more than two-thirds of these deaths are associated with feeding practices not appropriate during the first year of life. Although the clinical...