Prevalence, Trends, and Determinants of Double Burden of Malnutrition Among the Mother-Child Dyads of Pakistan.

ABSTRACT: Background: Double burden of malnutrition (DBM) is a complex nutritional phenomenon, where an individual or a household simultaneously face two contradictory forms of nutritional adversities. Studies on assessing the prevalence, trends, and determinants of DBM at household in Pakistan are scarce, so this study measured the prevalence, trends, and determinants of DBM at household level using nationally representative datasets. Methods: Data of last two waves of Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) of Pakistan conducted in 2012-2013 and 2017-2018 were used to assess the DBM prevalence, trends, and determinants at the household level. Data of mother-child dyads aged between 15 and 49 years and 0 and 59 months was included, while data with incomplete anthropometry or anthropometr

SUBMITTER: Khaliq A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12267966 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature