Risk factors for the intra-individual double burdens of malnutrition among reproductive-age women in India: a secondary analysis of three rounds of the National Family and Health Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Underweight, overweight/obesity and anaemia are prevalent among reproductive-age women in India, but factors affecting their intra-individual co-occurrence are unclear. Our objectives were to examine the prevalence, spatial distribution and risk factors for concurrent 'double burdens' of anaemia with underweight or overweight/obesity within the same individual.

Methods

Using data from reproductive age women (15-49 years) in the Indian National Family Health Surveys 2005-2006, 2015-2016 and 2019-2021, we calculated the national prevalence of the intra-individual double burdens of malnutrition and mapped their district-level distributions. We examined the association of 28 potential risk factors with anaemia, underweight, overweight/obesity and their co-occurrence

SUBMITTER: Gardner H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12557752 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature