Diagnosing the double burden of malnutrition using estimated deviation values in low- and lower-middle-income countries.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the possibility of diagnosing the double burden of malnutrition using estimated deviation values in low- and lower-middle-income countries.

Methods

A modified version of the Japanese Diagnostic Tool was used. Data on 194 countries were analyzed, including data from the United Nations International Children's Fund, World Health Organization and World Bank. After conducting a Box-Cox transformation, deviation values were calculated. The degree to which the values deviated relative to a deviation cutoff value of 50 was assessed. Focusing on countries with low- and middle-income economic levels, we examined the utility of this tool to show characteristic nutritional problems in each country.

Results

The deviation values had normal, distorted, bimodal,

SUBMITTER: Ishikawa M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6283532 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature