Nutritional Status of Adolescent Afghan Refugees Living in Peshawar, Pakistan

Saeedullah, Anum; Khan, Muhammad Naseem; Andrews, Simon C.; Iqbal, Khalid; Ul‐Haq, Zia; Qadir, Syed Abdul; Khan, Haris M.; Iddrisu, Ishawu; Shahzad, Muhammad

doi:10.3390/nu13093072

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“…Figure 1 shows a bar graph of family size and frequencies based on their BMI. where stunting, thinness, and overweight and obesity were 35.3%, 4.4%, and 14.8%, respectively, as underweight ratio is also high in this research study (Saeedullah et al, 2021).…”

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confidence: 55%

“…Malnutrition is the unhealthy condition of body due to imbalance of energy or nutrients (Aylward et al, 2021 ), and malnourished girls will eventually be malnourished mothers in future (Ahmed & Haboubi, 2010 ); also they have preterm births because of their poor nutritional status (Badshah et al, 2008 ). Refugees face a high risk of malnutrition due to poor socioeconomic status, food insecurity, and insufficient health‐care facility (Saeedullah et al, 2021 ). Malnutrition is directly or indirectly responsible for maternal mortality and is particularly high in Afghanistan (Kim et al, 2020 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Nutritional and health status of Afghan refugee women living in Punjab: A cross‐sectional study

Fatima

Nosheen

Afzaal

et al. 2023

Food Science & Nutrition

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Afghan refugees are the world's densely populated community, with 2.6 million registered Afghan refugees living globally, of whom about 2.2 million are in Iran and Pakistan. Pakistan is a densely populated country, and due to its low socioeconomic status, food insecurity, unhygienic conditions, and inadequate access to health care, the Afghan refugees have high chances of being malnourished; the chances of death for these Afghans are 25 times more every year from undernourishment and poverty than those from violence. This study aimed to assess anthropometric and biochemical analyses, their health complications, and the socioeconomic status of Afghan refugee women living in Islamabad Punjab as women are the most vulnerable and highly malnourished group in any community. This cross‐sectional study involved 150 Afghan women aged 15–30 years; they were assessed for their nutritional status using Anthropometric, Biochemical, Clinical and Diet (ABCD). The results indicate the prevalence of underweight, normal weight, and overweight at 74.7%, 16.7%, and 8.7%, respectively. Majority of the women have extremely low hemoglobin (Hb) level, which indicates iron deficiency as well as low body mass index for their age. As the results indicate that there are high chances of severe malnutrition among this most vulnerable segment of the population, this situation must be addressed immediately; the main aim of this study is to highlight the current situation of these Afghan refugees in Pakistan. More research is needed to determine how normal body weight women with low hemoglobin levels are compared to women with ideal body mass index ratios.

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Section: Sociodemographic Statussupporting

confidence: 55%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nutritional and health status of Afghan refugee women living in Punjab: A cross‐sectional study

Fatima

Nosheen

Afzaal

et al. 2023

Food Science & Nutrition

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“…A study conducted among the adolescent Afghan refugees living in a refugee camp in Peshawar, Pakistan reported that the participants were suffering from stunting, thinness and overweight and obesity. 12 Similar scenerio were found among the adolescents from Syrian refugee families living in Turkey and North Korean refugee families living in South Korea. 13 14 Double burden of malnutrition can result in detrimental outcome in any impoverished community by increasing the burden of non-communicable diseases in future.…”

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“…Presence of double burden of malnutrition is not unique to this refugee adolescent group. A study conducted among the adolescent Afghan refugees living in a refugee camp in Peshawar, Pakistan reported that the participants were suffering from stunting, thinness and overweight and obesity 12. Similar scenerio were found among the adolescents from Syrian refugee families living in Turkey and North Korean refugee families living in South Korea 13 14.…”

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Nutritional and dietary diversity status of under-5 children and adolescent girls among forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals living in Bhasan Char relocation camp, Bangladesh: a cross-sectional survey

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ObjectiveTo generate baseline evidence regarding the nutritional and dietary diversity status of under-5 children and adolescent girls among forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals (FDMN) relocated to Bhasan Char relocation camp of Bangladesh.DesignCross-sectional survey.SettingBhasan Char relocation camp, Bangladesh, 7 November 2021–12 November 2021.Participants299 under-5 children (both male and female) and 248 adolescent girls (11-17 years) were surveyed.Outcome measuresAnthropometric indices and nutritional status of the study participants.ResultsNearly 17% of the adolescent girls were suffering from severe thinness/thinness, while 5% were overweight/obese. Severe thinness was more prevalent (2% vs 3.9%) in older adolescents (15–17 years) than their younger counterparts (11–14 years). The prevalence of severe stunting and stunting in adolescents were 14% (95% CI 11.21 to 16.87%) and 29% (95% CI 25.93 to 31.59%), respectively. One-third of the surveyed under-5 children were severely (8.50% (95% CI 5.60 to 11.33%)) or moderately (23.08% (95% CI 20.24 to 25.90%)) stunted, 27% were either severely (4.43% (95% CI 1.60 to 7.27%)) or moderately (22.98% (95% CI 20.15 to 25.81%)) underweight and 12% were severely (1.21% (95% CI 0.00 to 4.04%)) or moderately (10.88% (95% CI 8.05 to 13.72%)) wasted. The prevalence of moderate and severe acute malnutrition in children was low. Surveyed adolescents took a mean of 3.10 (SD 1.03) of nine food groups and 25% (95% CI 22.97 to 28.64%) of under-5 children took minimum diversified diet. The survey respondents mostly consumed carbohydrate-based poorly diversified diets. Nutritional status of the participants did not show any statistically significant association to the dietary diversity status.ConclusionA significant number of surveyed under-5 children and adolescent girls of relocated FDMN living in Bhasan Char of Bangladesh were suffering from thinness, stunting, underweight and wasting. Dietary diversity was poor among the surveyed population.

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“…A key finding is that from 1990 to 2019, the age-standardized incidence rates of overall nutritional deficiency and the protein–energy malnutrition subcategory showed the greatest increases in males in Afghanistan. This could be attributable to the war in Afghanistan that has led to a lack of safe water and sanitation, poor quality housing, poor nutrition, and limited access to quality health services ( 19 , 20 ).…”

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Nutritional deficiencies in low-sociodemographic-index countries: a population-based study

Ren

Guo

et al. 2023

Front. Nutr.

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BackgroundWe aimed to estimate the burden of nutritional deficiency according to sex and age in countries with a low sociodemographic index (SDI).MethodsFollowing the methods of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2019, estimated annual percentage changes (EAPCs) were calculated to determine trends in the age-standardized rates of incidence and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) of nutritional deficiency and its main subcategories from 1990 to 2019 in low-SDI countries.FindingsFrom 1990 to 2019, the age-standardized incidence and DALY rates of nutritional deficiency showed decreasing trends, with EAPCs of −0.90 [95% confidence interval (CI), 1.06 to −0.75] and −3.20 (95% CI, −3.29 to −3.10), respectively, in low-SDI countries. In 2019, of the subcategories analyzed, vitamin A deficiency had the highest age-standardized incidence rate and protein–energy malnutrition had the highest age-standardized DALY rate. From 1990 to 2019, the greatest decrease in the age-standardized incidence rate was observed for vitamin A deficiency and the greatest decrease in the age-standardized DALY rate was observed for protein–energy malnutrition. At the national level, from 1990 to 2019, the greatest increase in the age-standardized incidence rate of overall nutritional deficiency was observed in males in Afghanistan (EAPC: 0.28; 95% CI, 0.07 to 0.49). Of the age groups analyzed, the highest incidence and DALY rates of overall nutritional deficiency and dietary iron deficiency were observed in children aged 1–4 years.InterpretationThe age-standardized incidence and DALY rates of nutritional deficiency decreased significantly from 1990 to 2019, especially for vitamin A deficiency and protein–energy malnutrition. Overall nutritional deficiency and dietary iron deficiency occurred primarily in children aged 1–4 years.

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Nutritional Status of Adolescent Afghan Refugees Living in Peshawar, Pakistan

Cited by 14 publications

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Nutritional and health status of Afghan refugee women living in Punjab: A cross‐sectional study

Nutritional and health status of Afghan refugee women living in Punjab: A cross‐sectional study

Nutritional and dietary diversity status of under-5 children and adolescent girls among forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals living in Bhasan Char relocation camp, Bangladesh: a cross-sectional survey

Nutritional deficiencies in low-sociodemographic-index countries: a population-based study

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