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crops had significant effects on anthropometric status <strong>of</strong> children surveyed"<br />

The proportions <strong>of</strong> expla<strong>in</strong>able variations <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> anthropometric<br />

<strong>in</strong>dicators rvas generally low, which was ín part due to <strong>the</strong> methodology<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> survey. Therefore, improv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> survey methodology, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />

improv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> ¡vord<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> questions, m<strong>in</strong>imiz<strong>in</strong>g measure<strong>ment</strong> and record<strong>in</strong>g<br />

errors, would <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>the</strong> proportions <strong>of</strong> expla<strong>in</strong>able varations <strong>in</strong><br />

anthropometric status <strong>of</strong> children and would assist <strong>in</strong> a better identification<br />

<strong>of</strong> factors related to nutritional status.<br />

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