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This study investigated the nutritional status and helminth infections in 1113 individuals aged 6 months to 83 years in a rural area of Brazil. Anthropometric measurements, fecal samples, and blood assays were performed. 10% were underweight, 12.8% overweight, and 28.3% of children/adolescents stunted. Helminth infections were associated with undernutrition. Multivariate analysis showed Ascaris lumbricoides infection was associated with stunting in children/adolescents, while hookworm infection was associat

Author

Sandi Apriadi

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EN