2011
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-790
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Abstract: BackgroundChild growth is internationally recognized as an important indicator of nutritional status and health in populations. Child under-nutrition is estimated to be the largest contributor to global burden of disease, and it clusters in South Asia but literature on under-nutrition among school-aged children is difficult to find in this region. The study aimed to assess the prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of stunting and thinness among Pakistani primary school children.MethodsA population-based … Show more

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“…In the current study, overweight and obesity had lower prevalence in regions with low SES, whereas in some middle-and high-income regions, lower SES is associated with a higher frequency of obesity. 24 Similar patterns of growth disorders have been explored in some developing countries (e.g., China, Egypt) and among Iranian children at entry to elementary school. 9,26e28 Findings of the current study on the positive relationship between SES and BMI are consistent with some previous studies from India, Ghana, and Indonesia.…”
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confidence: 98%
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“…In the current study, overweight and obesity had lower prevalence in regions with low SES, whereas in some middle-and high-income regions, lower SES is associated with a higher frequency of obesity. 24 Similar patterns of growth disorders have been explored in some developing countries (e.g., China, Egypt) and among Iranian children at entry to elementary school. 9,26e28 Findings of the current study on the positive relationship between SES and BMI are consistent with some previous studies from India, Ghana, and Indonesia.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Food insecurity, lower access to healthy foods, and inadequate education might play a role in the higher prevalence of short stature and underweight among residents of low SES areas. 24 Moreover, urbanization along with rapid epidemiologic and nutrition transition could be possibly considered as an important factor contributing to the emergence of epidemics of underweight and excess weight in developing countries. 25 In the present study, the double burden of nutritional disorders, in terms of coexistence of both thinness (17.5%) and excess weight (16.9%), was observed.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In this study, rural school children were significantly stunted as compared to urban (AOR=1.928, 95% CI 1.229, 3.025). Similarly, a report in Pakistani showed that rural children with low SES (17%) and urban children with low SES (10%) had significantly and higher risk of being stunted than urban children with middle SES (2%) or high SES (3%) (p = 0.001) [22]. Studies on anthropometric status of rural school children in low income countries (Ghana, Tanzania, Indonesia, Vietnam and India) found the overall prevalence of stunting to be high in all five countries, ranging from 48 to 56% [23].…”
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confidence: 99%
“…4 Factors affecting malnutrition in toddlers include genetics, hormones, gender, infectious diseases, and chronic diseases. [5][6][7][8][9] Nutritional factors that cause stunting include low intake of energy, protein, and micronutrients such as iron, vitamin A, and zinc. 10,11 Zinc deficiency may lead to anorexia, which has implications for DNA and RNA synthesis for replication and differentiation of chondrocytes and osteoblasts, declining immune system.…”
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