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Child wasting — OCR GCSE Geography B Definition | GradeGen

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GCSE Geography · key term

Child wasting

Definition

Low weight for a child's height, indicating undernutrition.

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OCR GCSE Geography B · J384

Specification 8.2a · Paper 2, Paper 3

Child wasting: the proportion of children under five with low weight for their height.
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OCR Geography B past papers

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Boserupian theory
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