Determinants of malnutrition in Indian children: new evidence from IDHS through CIAF

Khan, Rana Ejaz Ali; Raza, Muhammad Ali

doi:10.1007/s11135-014-0149-x

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“…Earlier study said that the effect of birth-order was significant to stunting because the children with high birth-order (later born) were more likely to fall in the composite index of anthropometric failure as stunting in urban and rural areas [9], but it is different from our findings that showed no significance between children birth-order and stunting. The meant that children under five years who were born as the first child, second or more had the same opportunities to be stunted.…”

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“…Generally, families with many members will spend more to meet the needs of competition, or limitations in providing balanced, nutritious foods [6]. Khan's study showed that children from smaller households (less than and equal to 4 members) are less likely to fall into the composite index of anthropometric failure (stunting) in rural areas [9]. Growing families cause food for every child to be reduced and the distribution of food uneven, causing under-fives in the family to be malnourished (stunting) [11].…”

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“…There are various factors related to the occurrence of stunting. These factors are include child sex [6], birth weight [7,8] birth order [9], number of siblings [10], number of family members [6,9,11], father's working status [6], mother's working status [12], father's education level [13], maternal education level [14,15] and average parents income [8] Stunting affects long-term effects on cognitive development, learning ability, and productivity in adulthood [16]. Stunting also leads to a decrease in the immune system and increase the risk of infectious diseases.…”

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Low Birth Weight As the Predictors of Stunting in Children under Five Years in Teluknaga Sub District Province of Banten 2015

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Marina²,

Wuryaningsih³

2019

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Low Birth Weight As the Predictors of Stunting in Children under Five Years in Teluknaga Sub District Province of Banten 2015

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Marina²,

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2019

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“…This finding is also consistent with the report of Ethiopian DHS 2011 and 2014 and other studies conducted in Ethiopia, Nigeria, India, and Bangladesh [4, 7, 18–21]. For the newborns, the larger birth interval results into better care and more time allocation for the nutrition and wellbeing [20]. …”

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Prevalence of Malnutrition and Associated Factors among Children in Rural Ethiopia

Endris

Asefa

Dube

2017

BioMed Research International

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Background Child malnutrition continues to be the leading public health problem in developing countries. In Ethiopia, malnutrition is a leading cause of child illness and death. Recently the composite index of anthropometric failure (CIAF) has been implemented to measure the prevalence of malnutrition. This index presents a more complete picture compared with the previous conventional indices. In this study, CIAF was used to determine the prevalence of malnutrition among children aged 0–59 months in rural Ethiopia. Methods Data was extracted from the 2014 Ethiopian Mini Demographic and Health Survey (EMDHS) for this study. A total of 3095 children were included in the analysis. The composite index of anthropometric failure (CIAF) was used to measure the nutritional status of the children. Logistic regression was fitted, to identify factors associated with malnutrition among children in rural Ethiopia, using STATA 13. Result The prevalence of malnutrition among rural children in Ethiopia was 48.5%. Age of the children, preceding birth interval, educated status of mother, wealth status, and region were factors independently associated with nutritional status of children in rural Ethiopia. Conclusion The prevalence of malnutrition among children in rural Ethiopia was high. A child older than 12 months, having uneducated mother, living in a household with poor wealth status, born with short birth interval, and living in some region of the country are associated with increased odds of being malnourished.

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“…The inclusion of these variables was guided by approaches adopted in extant studies (Bisai, Bose and Ghosh, 2008;Debnath and Bhattacharjee, 2014;Khan and Raza, 2014;Talapalliwar and Garg, 2014). The age of the child was recorded in completed months based on the mother's report and was categorized as 6 −11, 12−23, 24−35, 36−47, and 48−59 months.…”

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Cross-sectional study of child malnutrition and associated risk factors among children aged under five in West Bengal, India

Sarkar¹

2016

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Using a cross-sectional study of 485 sample households in 2013, the present paper examines the prevalence and risk factors of child malnutrition among children under the age of five in West Bengal, India. As a part of this investigation, children's underweight status, wasting, and stunting were examined in order to determine child nutritional status using the WHO growth standard. We performed bivariate analyses in order to elucidate differentials in nutritional indices and fitted multinomial logistic regression models to examine the net effect of different socio-economic factors on the likelihood of child malnutrition. Analysis results revealed stunting (51%) as the most common form of malnutrition among children aged under five, followed by underweight status (41%), and wasting (22%).Gender discrimination among children increases with age, whereby girls are more deprived (as measured by nutritional indices) compared to boys later in childhood relative to younger ages. Results from multinomial analyses reveal age, religion, caste, and birth-order of the child as significant predictors of child's nutritional status.

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Determinants of malnutrition in Indian children: new evidence from IDHS through CIAF

Cited by 39 publications

References 41 publications

Low Birth Weight As the Predictors of Stunting in Children under Five Years in Teluknaga Sub District Province of Banten 2015

Low Birth Weight As the Predictors of Stunting in Children under Five Years in Teluknaga Sub District Province of Banten 2015

Prevalence of Malnutrition and Associated Factors among Children in Rural Ethiopia

Cross-sectional study of child malnutrition and associated risk factors among children aged under five in West Bengal, India

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