Informing the management of acute malnutrition in infants aged under 6 months (MAMI): risk factor analysis using nationally-representative demographic & health survey secondary data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tackling malnutrition is a global health priority, helping children both survive and thrive. Acute malnutrition (wasting) in infants aged under 6 months (u6m) is often neglected. Worldwide, some 8.5 million infants u6m are affected yet recent World Health Organization malnutrition guidelines highlight numerous evidence gaps on how to best manage them. To inform future research, policy and programming, we aimed to identify risk factors associated with infant u6m wasting.

Methods

We did secondary data analysis of nationally representative, cross sectional Demographic and Health Surveys conducted in the last 10 years. We compared wasted infants u6m (weight-for-length <-2 z-scores) vs. non-wasted (weight-for-length ≥-2 z-score). We used simple and adjust

SUBMITTER: Kerac M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6472469 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature