The anthropometric assessment of body composition and nutritional status in children aged 2-15 years: A cross-sectional study from three districts in Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early life nutrition plays a critical role in the development of better health and nutrition in adulthood. However, assessing the nutritional status of Bangladeshi children and adolescents through measurement of body composition using skinfold thickness is barely studied. The current study aims to determine children's body composition and nutritional status, and contributing factors among children aged 2 to 15 years in the northern part of Bangladesh.

Methods

This is a descriptive cross-sectional study done in Bangladesh. Anthropometric methods, including multiple skinfold thickness and basic anthropometric and socio-demographic characteristics, were used. Body composition was calculated from multiple skinfold thicknesses using the standard regression equation. Nu

SUBMITTER: Kamruzzaman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8428712 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature