ReviewSaudi medical journal2022
Nutritional status and its determinants in the Eastern Mediterranean region.
Review in Saudi medical journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Prevalence, trends and inequalities of childhood undernutrition according to a Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF): a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ global health · 2026Pooled it
- Childhood undernutrition in North Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.Global health action · 2023Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of childhood undernutrition in North Africa.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- Spatial variation and distribution of anaemia among children aged 6-59 months in Madagascar: a population-based cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Epidemiological Challenges and Health Disparities in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: A Region in Crisis.Annals of global health · 2026Review
- Prevalence and Determinants of the Double Burden of Malnutrition in Iraq: A Cross-Sectional Study.Cureus · 2025Article
- Wasting and Underweight in Northern African Children: Findings from Multiple-Indicator Cluster Surveys, 2014-2018.Nutrients · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo review relevant literature on the determinants of the nutritional status of the children below 5 years of age in the Eastern Mediterranean Regional (EMR) countries and investigate the updates related to risk factors associated with malnutrition.
methodsA search of pertinent literature and databases was conducted using the PubMed and Google Scholar databases by applying some keywords.
resultsFrom the available literature reviewed, the mean prevalence of underweight, wasting, and stunting of the children below 5 years of age in the EMR were 12.8% (6.4%-22.6%), 7.5% (5.9%-9.4%), and 24.2% (15.6%-35.5%) respectively. The EMR countries like Sudan, Yemen, Libya, Afghanistan and Pakistan showed the highest rate of stunting amongst the children (>30%). Furthermore, on average, 5.7% of the children were seen to be overweight. Countries such as Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Libya, and Tunisia reported the maximal prevalence of overweight children. The study also identified a positive and negative relationship between demographic and socioeconomic and health determinants with nutritional status of these children under 5 years old.
conclusionIn this review, the researchers have highlighted the prevalence of malnutrition in EMR countries. Thereafter, the review findings recommend for prioritization of different policies which aimed to improve the nutritional status of the people.
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