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Risk factors for child stunting in Bangladesh: an analysis using MICS 2019 data.
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- Assessment of Undernutrition Among Under 5 Children in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Health science reports · 2026Review
- Influence of socioeconomic factors on maternal and child health outcomes in Bangladesh: evidence from the 2022 demographic and health survey.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
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- The association between dairy cattle ownership and nutritional status of children under five in rural Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Predicting Child Development Across Literacy, Physical, Learning, and Social-Emotional Domains Using Supervised Machine Learning: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on MICS 2019 Bangladesh.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Socioeconomic Patterning of Stunting and Overweight Among Iranian Children Aged 2-5 Years: A National Cross-Sectional Analysis.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Trends and factors contributing to changes in childhood stunting in Bangladesh from 2012 to 2019: A multivariate decomposition modelling.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
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- Risk factors associated with stunting incidence in under five children in Southeast Asia: a scoping review.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2024Article
- Assessment of Childhood Stunting Prevalence over Time and Risk Factors of Stunting in the Healthy Village Programme Areas in Bangladesh.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Multi-Level Mixed-Effects Analysis of Stunting Among 6 to 59 Months Children in Ethiopia: Evidenced from Analysis of Health and Demographic Survey, 2000 to 2019.Global pediatric health · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundMalnutrition is considered a major public health challenge and is associated with a range of health issues, including childhood stunting. Stunting is a reliable and well-recognized indicator of chronic childhood malnutrition. The objective of this study is to determine the risk factors associated with stunting among 17,490 children below five years of age in Bangladesh.
methodsCorrelates of child stunting were examined using data generated by a cross-sectional cluster survey conducted in Bangladesh in 2019. The data includes a total of 17,490 children (aged < 5 years) from 64,400 households. Multiple logistic regressions were used to determine the risk factors associated with child stunting and severe stunting.
resultsThe prevalence of stunting and severe stunting for children was 25.96% and 7.97%, respectively. Children aged 24 to < 36 months [Odds Ratio (OR) = 2.65, 95% CI: 2.30, 3.05] and aged 36 to < 48 months [OR = 2.33, 95% CI: 2.02, 2.69] had more risk of stunting compared to the children aged < 6 months. Children from Sylhet division had the greatest risk of stunting of all the eight divisions [OR = 1.26, 95% CI: 1.09, 1.46]. Children of secondary complete or higher educated mothers were less likely to develop stunting [OR = 0.66, 95% CI: 0.56, 0.79] compared with children of mothers having no education at all. Similarly, children of secondary complete or higher educated father [OR = 0.74, 95% CI: 0.63, 0.87] were found to have lower risk of stunting compared with children whose father hadn't any education. Substantially lower risk of stunting was observed among children whose mother and father both completed secondary education or above [OR = 0.59, 95% CI: 0.52, 0.69]. Children from the richest households [OR = 0.49, 95% CI: 0.41, 0.58] had 51% lower odds of stunting compared to children from the poorest households.
conclusionsAfter controlling for socioeconomic and demographic factors, parental education and household position in the wealth index were found to be the most important determinants of child stunting in Bangladesh.
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