%0 Journal Article %T The prevalence of underweight in children aged 5 years and younger attending primary health care clinics in the Mangaung area, Free State %A Andrea Smith %A Anke Liebenberg %A Christos Halkas %A Danae Koetaan %A Gina Joubert %A Maresa van Lill %A Marietjie Brits %J Archive of "African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine". %D 2018 %R 10.4102/phcfm.v10i1.1476 %X The Constitution of South Africa stipulates that all children have the right to basic nutrition; however, a great number of South African children are underweight for age. It is important to address malnutrition as it is associated with more than 50% of all child deaths in developing countries and also increases the risk for infective diseases %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6018728/