Triple burden of malnutrition among mother-child pairs in low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to assess the prevalence and determinants of the triple burden of malnutrition among mother-child pairs in low-income and middle-income countries.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Low-income and middle-income countries.

Participants

Women and children.

Primary outcome

Triple burden of malnutrition (overweight/obese mother with undernourished and anaemic under 5 years child).

Methods

Data for this study were drawn from recent 22 low-income and middle-income countries Demographic and Health Surveys. A total weighted sample of 116 795 mother-child pairs was included in the study. STATA V.14.2 was used to clean, code and analyse the data. Multilevel logistic regression was employed to identify factors associated with th

SUBMITTER: Chilot D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10174032 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature