Maternal height and double-burden of malnutrition households in Mexico: stunted children with overweight or obese mothers.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the association between short maternal height and four types of mother-child nutritional status groupings within Mexican households.

Design

We classified mother-child dyads into four groups: stunted child and a non-overweight/non-obese mother (stunting-only), non-stunted child and an overweight/obese mother (overweight-only), stunted child with an overweight/obese mother (double-burden) and households with neither child stunting nor overweight/obese mothers (neither-condition). We assessed the association between maternal height and mother-child nutrition status using multinomial logistic regression, controlling for socio-economic covariates.

Setting

Nationally representative cross-section of households from the 2012 Mexican National Health and Nut

SUBMITTER: Felix-Beltran L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10049080 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature