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Mark J. Manary, MD, Meghan S. Callaghan, MS, Washington University. Presented at the 2016 conference
Malnutrition is a dire global problem that impacts millions of vulnerable children each year. Acute malnutrition is estimated to affect over 50 million children under five years old worldwide.The consequences are life-threatening: a child with severe acute malnutrition (sam) is 11.6 times more likely to die than a well-nourished child.
