Dual burden of malnutrition in US Affiliated Pacific jurisdictions in the Children's Healthy Living Program.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few data are available on dual burden of under and over nutrition of children in the Pacific region. The objective was to examine prevalence of stunting at birth and current stunting and their relationship to obesity in US Affiliated Pacific (USAP) jurisdictions.

Methods

Cross sectional survey with cluster sampling by community. 5558, 2-8 years olds were measured in 51 communities in 11 USAP jurisdictions. The main outcome measures were stunting at birth, current stunting and obesity by body mass index. Prevalences of stunting at birth, current stunting and obesity were determined, adjusting for age distribution and community clustering. Differences by among age, sex, race and jurisdiction income levels were evaluated by chi-square analysis. Relationships of stunt

SUBMITTER: Novotny R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5440961 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature