Nutritional Status of Under Five Year Children and Factors Associated in Kapilvastu District, Nepal.

Bhandari, Tulsi Ram

doi:10.15226/jnhfs.2013.00106

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“…A report of this study revealed that diarrhea and acute respiratory tract infections (ARTI) episodes in the last one month were important determinants of under nutrition. This concurred with findings in Nepal [35] which showed that diarrhea and ARTI were factors that contributed to children having malnutrition.…”

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Prevalence of Undernutrition and Its Associated Factors among Children below Five Years of Age in Bure Town, West Gojjam Zone, Amhara National Regional State, Northwest Ethiopia

Amare

Negesse

Tsegaye

et al. 2016

Advances in Public Health

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Background. Malnutrition is the major public health problem over the world. Developing countries are highly affected. Asian and Sub-Saharan African countries, including Ethiopia, contribute the highest of all. The main aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of undernutrition and its associated factors among children below five years of age.Methods. Community-based cross-sectional survey was conducted on 342 study participants. Simple random sampling technique was used to select sampling kebeles and study units. Weight and height were measured using calibrated instruments. The data were entered into EpiData version 3.1 software and calculated using SPSS version 20.0 statistical software and/or World Health Organization Anthro software with aid of Stat/Transfer.Results. Overall prevalence of undernutrition was 35.5%, of which 85 (24.9%), 38 (11.1%), and 49 (14.3%) were stunting, wasting, and underweight, respectively. Male children were more affected in both severe and moderate nutritional problems compared to female children. The finding showed that 27 (7.9%) had severe stunting, 15 (4.4%) had severe wasting, and 11 (3.2%) had severe underweight, respectively.Conclusion. Undernutrition was high in Bure town among children below five years of age. Male sex, maternal educational status, low household income, preterm babies, absence of antenatal follow-up, diarrhea, and respiratory infections within one-month duration were factors affecting undernutrition.

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Prevalence of Undernutrition and Its Associated Factors among Children below Five Years of Age in Bure Town, West Gojjam Zone, Amhara National Regional State, Northwest Ethiopia

Amare

Negesse

Tsegaye

et al. 2016

Advances in Public Health

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“…Children of mothers whose age at delivery was more than 35 years were more likely to be malnourished. This finding was supported by the study of Bhandari and Chhetri (2013) which was conducted in Kapilvastu district of Nepal.…”

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“…Nutritional well-being of the population is crucial for accelerated attainment of many of the Sustainable Development Goals (National Planning Commission [NPC], 2015). Malnutrition is a major public health problem in most of the developing countries and is more common among under-five years children (Bhandari and Chhetri, 2013;Masood-us-Syed, Saleh and Butt, 2011;Chatuat and Khanal, 2016). It can be a major deterrent to achieving national, economic and social goals and targets as it reduces child survival and can adversely affect physical development and cognitive function of a child.…”

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Nutritional Status and the Associated Factors in Under Five Years Children of Lamjung, Gorkha and Tanahun Districts of Nepal

Dhungana

2017

Nep. J. Stats.

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Background: The nutritional status of children is important as it determines their health, physical growth as well as development, productive life and academic performance. The national figures for stunting, underweight and wasting in under five years children in Nepal stands at 41%, 29% and 11%, respectively according to NDHS 2011. However, the magnitude of this problem in hilly areas of Nepal is not well understood.Objectives: The objective of this study was to find the nutritional status of 6 to 59 months of children and its associated factors.Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional, population-based study design has been used for this study. The study population was 6 to 59 months children who were permanent or temporary residents of the study area. The respondent was the mother of the under 5 year child. A total 10% (n=1353) study participants were selected from each of the 4 VDCs of Lamjung and Gorkha, and each of the 5 VDCs of Tanahun during April-May, 2014 by applying systematic random sampling. A semi-structured questionnaire was administered to mothers by face to face interview method. The anthropometric measurements (weight and height) were also recorded. Binary logistic regression was applied to identify the factors associated to the nutritional status.Results: In the study, 56.3% were boys and 43.7% were girls. The prevalence of wasting, stunting and underweight was 10.6% (95% C.I: 9.0-12.2), 53.9% (95% C.I: 51.2-56.6) and 20.8% (95% C.I: 18.6-23.0), respectively. The wasting, stunting and underweight were higher in boys than in girls. The factors were duration of breast feeding, occupation of mothers, family size, site of delivery, height of mothers and age of mother during the delivery.Conclusion: Stunting was more prevalent than wasting in the study districts and implies that there is a problem of chronic malnutrition. The factors highlighted in this study should be adequately addressed by concerned authorities to address malnutrition in these hilly districts of Nepal.Nepalese Journal of Statistics, 2017, Vol. 1, 15-28

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“…This was much lower compared to underweight under five population in Terai region of Nepal: 27% in Kapilbastu, [17] and 34% in eastern Terai. [11] Underweight under five population were lower in this study compared to studies in other countries like Thailand (27.8%) and Ethiopia Tigray (37.4%).…”

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“…[ 5 The 8% prevalence of stunting in this study is lower than studies done in other parts of Nepal. [7,8,17,18]. These findings suggest that children in the capital city have a better nutritional status compared to other parts of the country.…”

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Nutritional Assessment of Under Five Children Attending Pediatric Clinic in a Tertiary Care Hospital in the Capital of Nepal

Chhetri¹,

Sayami

Mainali

2017

J Lumbini Med Coll

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ABSTRACT:Introduction: There has been a decreasing trend in malnutrition (stunting, wasting, and under-weight) in Nepal from 2001 till 2016 according to Nepal demographic health survey 2016. We tried to study whether these national survey data equally reflect the nutritional status of children visiting hospitals in the capital city of our country. The objective of the study was to evaluate the nutritional status of children less than five years of age brought to a hospital in Kathmandu. Methods: Anthropometric measurements (height/length and weight), other demographic details, and morbidity of all children, six months to five years of age, visiting the hospital over the period of three months were collected from the out-patient register. Height-for-age, weight-for-height, and weight-for-age were calculated and expressed as standard deviation units as compared to the median of reference data taken from WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group (2007). Association between morbidity and various anthropometric values were calculated. Results: A total of 424 children were included in the study. There were 2.1% severely stunted, 8% stunted, 2.8% tall, and 1.7% very tall children. Similarly, 6.4% were severely wasted, 14.4% wasted, 4.7% severely underweight, and 12.3% under-weight. The anthropometric values were significantly associated with morbidity (acute Vs chronic) but not associated with whether they were from within Kathmandu or form outside, and individual morbidity. Conclusion: Wasting and severe wasting in under five children from and nearby Kathmandu of Nepal is higher while stunting and severe stunting is lower as compared to previous National reports.

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Nutritional Status of Under Five Year Children and Factors Associated in Kapilvastu District, Nepal.

Cited by 35 publications

References 7 publications

Prevalence of Undernutrition and Its Associated Factors among Children below Five Years of Age in Bure Town, West Gojjam Zone, Amhara National Regional State, Northwest Ethiopia

Prevalence of Undernutrition and Its Associated Factors among Children below Five Years of Age in Bure Town, West Gojjam Zone, Amhara National Regional State, Northwest Ethiopia

Nutritional Status and the Associated Factors in Under Five Years Children of Lamjung, Gorkha and Tanahun Districts of Nepal

Nutritional Assessment of Under Five Children Attending Pediatric Clinic in a Tertiary Care Hospital in the Capital of Nepal

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