Risk factors and regional variations of malnutrition among children under 5 in Myanmar: cross-sectional analyses at national and subnational levels.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The levels, distributions of child malnutrition and its potential risk factors are not very well known in Myanmar. The objectives included in this study were: to estimate the current national and subnational prevalence of four types of malnutrition (stunting, wasting, underweight and overweight) among children under 5 in Myanmar; to identify potential risk factors associated with each type of malnutrition and to investigate how the identified risk factors' distributions explained the regional disparities in malnutrition prevalence.

Design/methods

Data from the Myanmar Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 were used to estimate the prevalence of four types of malnutrition at both national and subnational levels (15 regions). Logistic regression models were applied

SUBMITTER: Khaing HT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6738682 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature