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Children under 5 moderately or severely underweight, percentage

YearValueFootnotes
199316.31
199515.42
200573

Children under 5 severely underweight, percentage

YearValueFootnotes
20050.73

Footnotes:

  1. Kitvorapat W, Chaotilittakul N, Sinawat S, Wanaratana L. Random survey on nutritional status of children of ages under five. Thailand Journal of Health Promotion and Environmental Health 1996;19:57-66 (and additional analysis).
  2. Ministry of Public Health. The fourth national nutrition survey of Thailand 1995. Department of Health. Bangkok, Thailand 1998 (and additional analysis).
  3. Thailand National Statistical Office. Thailand multiple indicator cluster survey December 2005 - February 2006, Final report. Bangkok, Thailand: National Statistical Office, 2006 (and additional analysis).

Source: United Nations Statistics Division

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