Nutritional and dietary diversity status of under-5 children and adolescent girls among forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals living in Bhasan Char relocation camp, Bangladesh: a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To generate baseline evidence regarding the nutritional and dietary diversity status of under-5 children and adolescent girls among forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals (FDMN) relocated to Bhasan Char relocation camp of Bangladesh.

Design

Cross-sectional survey.

Setting

Bhasan Char relocation camp, Bangladesh, 7 November 2021-12 November 2021.

Participants

299 under-5 children (both male and female) and 248 adolescent girls (11-17 years) were surveyed.

Outcome measures

Anthropometric indices and nutritional status of the study participants.

Results

Nearly 17% of the adolescent girls were suffering from severe thinness/thinness, while 5% were overweight/obese. Severe thinness was more prevalent (2% vs 3.9%) in older adolescents (15-17 yea

SUBMITTER: Das S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10069579 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature