THE Malaysian Paediatric Association commends Dr Milton Lum on his article, “Malaysia fares worst in Asean for nutrition” (Fit For Life, Dec 23; online at tinyurl.com/star-nutrition). The Malaysian Paediatric Association (MPA) would like to add our thoughts and perspectives to the discussion.
Dr Lum refers to the Global Nutrition Report 2018 which highlighted Malaysia as the only country in Asean exhibiting high prevalence rates of all three states of malnutrition, ie stunting, anaemia and overweight.
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