Intra-household double burden of malnutrition in a North African nutrition transition context: magnitude and associated factors of child anaemia with mother excess adiposity.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In the Middle East and North Africa region, the nutrition transition has resulted in drastic increases in excess adiposity, particularly among women, while some types of undernutrition remain prevalent, especially among pre-school children. We assessed the magnitude, nature and associated factors of the within-household co-occurrence of anaemia in children and excess adiposity in mothers.

Design

Cross-sectional survey using stratified two-stage random cluster sampling to survey households with women aged 20-49 years. BMI≥25·0 kg/m2 defined overweight and BMI≥30·0 kg/m2 obesity, while anaemia for children was defined as Hb<110 g/l. The associations between child anaemia and mother excess adiposity, and sociodemographic and lifestyle factors were estimated by mult

SUBMITTER: Sassi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10260519 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature