Cutting W A, Elton R A, Campbell J L, Minton E J, Spreng J M
Arch Dis Child. 1987 May;62(5):508-9. doi: 10.1136/adc.62.5.508.
A total of 651 preschool children from rural central Africa were selected by random cluster sampling, weighed, and measured. Two per cent were wasted, but 47% were stunted. As linear growth recovers more slowly than weight repeated infections may give inadequate time for height catch-up.
通过随机整群抽样，共选取了651名来自非洲中部农村地区的学龄前儿童，对他们进行了称重和测量。2%的儿童消瘦，但47%的儿童发育迟缓。由于线性生长的恢复比体重增长更慢，反复感染可能没有足够时间让身高追赶上来。
