ArticleMaternal and child health journal2020
Stunting Among Under 5-Year-Olds in Nepal: Trends and Risk Factors.
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- Stunting among Children Aged 6 to 59 Months Visiting the Outpatient Department of Pediatrics in a Tertiary Care Centre.JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association · 2023Article
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- Spatial analysis of provincial and district trends in stunting among children under five years in Nepal from 2001 to 2016.BMC nutrition · 2022Article
- The prevalence and socio-demographic risk factors of coexistence of stunting, wasting, and underweight among children under five years in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study.BMC nutrition · 2022Article
- Child stunting starts in utero: Growth trajectories and determinants in Ugandan infants.Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Article
- Socioeconomic and demographic correlates of child nutritional status in Nepal: an investigation of heterogeneous effects using quantile regression.Globalization and health · 2022Article
- Malnutrition matters: Association of stunting and underweight with early childhood development indicators in Nepal.Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Article
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- Changes in socio-economic inequality in nutritional status among children in EAG states, India.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionThe nutritional status in the first 5 years of life has lifelong and inter-generational impacts on individual's potential and development. This study described the trend of stunting and its risk factors in children under 5 years of age between 2001 and 2016 in Nepal.
methodsThe study used datasets from the 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2016 Nepal Demographic Health Surveys to describe the trend of stunting in under 5-year children. Multiple logistic regression analysis was carried out to assess the risk factors for stunting at the time of the four surveys.
resultsThe nutritional status of under 5-year children improved between 2001 and 2016. Babies born into poorer families had a higher risk of stunting than those born into wealthier families (AOR 1.51, CI 95% 1.23-1.87). Families residing in hill districts had less risk of stunting than those in the Terai plains (AOR 0.75, CI 95% 0.61-0.94). Babies born to uneducated women had a higher risk of stunting than those born to educated women (AOR 1.57, CI 95% 1.28-1.92). DISCUSSION: Stunting among under-5-year children decreased in the years spanning 2001-2016. This study demonstrated multiple factors that can be addressed to decrease the risk of stunting, which has important implications for neurodevelopment later in life. We add literature on risk factors for stunting in under-5-year children.
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