Trends and determinants of the triple burden of malnutrition in Ghana; Analyses of two decades of demographic and health survey datasets.

ABSTRACT: Anaemia, undernutrition and obesity remain complex public health challenges. Their coexistence among households, commonly known as the triple burden of malnutrition (TBM) is a new concept that lacks scholarship within the maternal and child nutrition discourse in Ghana. This study therefore aimed to evaluate the trends and factors associated with TBM among mothers and their children aged 0-59 months in Ghana. This study combined and analysed datasets from the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey from 2003 to 2022. Prevalence and multivariable logistic regression were used to evaluate the trends and determinants of TBM among 11,925 mother-child pairs using complex sample procedures. The pooled prevalence of TBM was 6.7% (5.7 - 6.7). This reduced from 7.6% (6.6 - 8.7) in 2003 to 5.0% (4.1-6.2

SUBMITTER: Addae HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12431433 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature