Gaiha, RaghavJha, RaghbendraKulkarni, V SRaghav GaihaRaghbendra JhaVani S Kulkarni2015-12-109780198099215http://hdl.handle.net/1885/59594Different anthropometric dimensions of child undernutrition/malnutrition (stunting, wasting and underweight) are typically analysed separately while children suffering from more than one anthropometric failure are more susceptible to infectious diseases (for example, diarrhoea, acute respiratory infection). A composite index of anthropometric failure is constructed, and its determinants are analysed. Multiple anthropometric failures are also found to be linked to infectious diseases.2014/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198099215.003.00072020-11-22