Comparison of Child Undernutrition Anthropometric Indicators Across 56 Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal Target 2.2 seeks to end all forms of malnutrition by 2030 by meeting targets, including the elimination of stunting and wasting in all children younger than 5 years. Such indicators are used to monitor childhood undernutrition but may not provide a complete picture at a population level.

Objective

To compare global estimates of the prevalence of undernutrition using conventional indicators of anthropometric failure (AF; stunting, underweight, and wasting); the Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF); and a proposed classification system called Categories of Anthropometric Failure (CAF) as well as to investigate the association of the conventional indicators, CIAF, and CAF with diarrheal disease as an assess

SUBMITTER: Gausman J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8917428 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature