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. 2011 Mar 17;7(Suppl 1):63–82. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2010.00311.x

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Progress towards Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 1.8 to halve underweight among children <5 years between 1990 and 2015, and trends in stunting and wasting among children <5 years of age. (a) Trend towards MDG 1.8, underweight. Dotted line indicates MDG 1.8 target trajectory: to halve hunger between 1990 and 2015, as measured by underweight among children <5 years of age, assumes 1996/7 value as baseline. (b) Trends in stunting and wasting. Underweight = weight‐for‐age <−2 z‐score; stunting = height‐for age <−2 z‐score (HAZ); wasting = weight‐for‐height <−2 z‐score (WHZ) (or <−2 SD); DHS, Demographic and Health Survey, data for 1996/7, 2000 and 2004 as reported at Macro International Inc, 2009. MEASURE DHS STAT compiler. http://www.measuredhs.com, accessed 18 February 2009.