Disentangling nutritional factors and household characteristics related to child stunting and maternal overweight in Guatemala

Predictors of maternal and child double burden of malnutrition in rural Indonesia and Bangladesh

“…Consequently, developing nations are now confronted with the double burden of malnutrition (5), characteristically defined by the coexistence of under-and overnutrition (6). Research has reported this phenomenon within the same country (7)(8)(9), within the same household (10)(11)(12), and among maternal-child pairs (5,(13)(14)(15). Double burden stands to further threaten the health and economic stability of these already resource-strained countries.…”

“…Several studies have shown that MCDB is strongly tied to economic factors (11,15). MCDB has also been associated with older maternal age (14), maternal short stature (15), and increased family size (12)(13)(14).…”

Stunting rates in infants and toddlers born in metropolitan Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

“…As rates of stunting are evolving for Guatemala at the national level, we sought comparative insights from publications of other stunting prevalence surveys in specific convenience samples in Table 3 Characteristics associated with stunting (P < 0.10) and multiple logistic regression analysis including all significant predictors of stunting Table 2 confirm prior Guatemala-based observations on socioeconomic and educational influencing linear growth [17,18]. We confirm a role for maternal education mitigating stunting.…”

Does Chile’s nutritional situation constitute a double burden?

“…Although the lack of national information at the family level prevents a within-family evaluation of the nutritional double burden, as several authors have proposed (15)(16)(17), this phenomenon can be partially explored by using the data available for different age strata. Thus, the objective of this study was to assess, on the basis of the available data, if there is a double burden of nutritional problems in Chile and if so, if it is being addressed by national nutrition policies.…”