Unhealthy weight among young children in the Middle East and North African region
Rebecca Jones-Antwi,
Solveig A Cunningham
Abstract:Objective:
To understand early-life growth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and how it has changed over time, we estimated the prevalence of wasting and overweight at ages under 5 years.
Design:
Cross-sectional data from twenty-nine Demographic and Health Surveys with direct anthropometric data and parent-reported demographic information were examined. The study utilised the WHO Child Growth Standards to classify overweight (weight-for-height z-score ≥ 2 sd above the me… Show more
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