Diet and nutritional status among hospitalised children in Hawassa, Southern Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Undernutrition constitutes a major problem among children in Hawassa, Ethiopia, and the literature on nutritional status in hospitalised children is scarce. The aim of this study was to investigate dietary diversity, nutritional practices, and the frequencies of undernutrition and the factors associated with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in a hospitalised paediatric population in Hawassa, Southern Ethiopia.

Methods

A hospital-based cross-sectional study was carried out among hospitalised children in Hawassa, Southern Ethiopia. Children aged 6 to 59 months and their caregivers admitted for >24 hours from two public hospitals in Hawassa between November 2019 and January 2020 were included. Dietary diversity was assessed using World Health Organization (WHO) guidel

SUBMITTER: Hjellbakk VK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8781358 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature