ArticleJournal of nutrition and metabolism2016
Relationships between Wasting and Stunting and Their Concurrent Occurrence in Ghanaian Preschool Children.
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- The relationship between wasting and stunting in young children: A systematic review.Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Evidence for causal links between education and maternal and child health: systematic review.Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH · 2019Pooled it
- Children concurrently wasted and stunted: A meta-analysis of prevalence data of children 6-59 months from 84 countries.Maternal & child nutrition · 2018Pooled it
- Impact of oral nutritional supplements (ONS) on growth outcomes and IGF-1 level in underweight older children and young adolescents (5-14 years) with short stature and no systemic disease: High versus normal calories density formula.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2021Trial
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- Spatial variation, 20-year trends, and determinants of the double burden of wasting and stunting among under-five children in Ethiopia: a geo-spatial and multivariate decomposition analysis (2000-2019).Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Determinants of coexisting forms of undernutrition among under-five children: Evidence from the Bangladesh demographic and health surveys.Food science & nutrition · 2023Article
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- Mapping Concurrent Wasting and Stunting Among Children Under Five in India: A Multilevel Analysis.International journal of public health · 2023Article
- Concurrent wasting and stunting among marginalised children in Sana'a city, Yemen: a cross-sectional study.Journal of nutritional science · 2023Article
- Under-nutrition and its determinants among school-aged children in northwest Ethiopia.Heliyon · 2022Article
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- Linear Growth Spurts are Preceded by Higher Weight Gain Velocity and Followed by Weight Slowdowns Among Rural Children in Burkina Faso: A Longitudinal Study.The Journal of nutrition · 2022Article
- Nutritional health status: association of stunted and wasted children and their mothers.BMC pediatrics · 2022Article
- A review of the prevalence, trends, and determinants of coexisting forms of malnutrition in neonates, infants, and children.BMC public health · 2022Review
- Concurrent wasting and stunting among children 6-59 months: an analysis using district-level survey data in Mozambique.BMC nutrition · 2022Article
- Risk Factors of Stunting and Wasting among Children Aged 6-59 Months in Household Food Insecurity of Jima Geneti District, Western Oromia, Ethiopia: An Observational Study.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2022Article
- Plasma lipids and growth faltering: A longitudinal cohort study in rural Gambian children.Science advances · 2021Article
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Abstract
Objective. The main aim of the study was to assess the magnitude of concurrent wasting and stunting among Ghanaian preschool children. Secondly, we investigated the relationship between wasting and stunting as well as factors associated with these conditions. Methods. This paper is based on reanalysis of anthropometric and other relevant data which was collected in the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey. The data set consisted of 2,720 preschool children aged 0-59 months. We conducted three-step moderated hierarchical multiple regression analyses to determine independent predictors and moderators of height-for-age Z-score. Results. Nationally, the prevalence of concurrent wasting and stunting among children aged 0-59 months was low at 1.4% but it varied geographically with the Upper East Region having the highest prevalence of 3.2% (95% CI: 1.7-5.8). Children who had low weight-for-height Z-scores were at a higher risk of linear growth retardation (stunting) especially among children aged less than three years. A 1-unit increase in weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) was associated with 0.07 standard units' increase in height-for-age Z-score (HAZ) [β = 0.071 (95% CI: 0.03, 0.15)]. Conclusions. The study results suggest that weight-for-height relates to linear growth but this relationship is moderated by age of child. Stunting and wasting share some common risk factors. Therefore, measures to prevent wasting may positively influence linear growth.
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