Stunting and Combined Overweight with Stunting among Schoolchildren in Kuwait: Trends over a 13-Year Period.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to investigate the sex- and age-specific trends of stunting and combined overweight with stunting among schoolchildren over a 13-year period in Kuwait.

Subjects and methods

The Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System objectively measured the height of 172,573 schoolchildren (5-19 years) over a 13-year period (2007-2019). Data on gender and date of birth were extracted from school records. Stunting was defined as height 2 standard deviations (SD) below the World Health Organization growth reference median. Logistic regression models were used to examine the trends of stunting over the study period while stratifying by gender.

Results

In males, the prevalence of stunting increased from 2.46% in 2007 to 4.18% in 2019 (p for trend <0.001). In fema

SUBMITTER: Al-Taiar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8739943 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature