Child wasting before and after age two years: A cross-sectional study of 94 countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Wasting reflects infections and poor nutrition and affects almost 50 million children at any given time. Wasting comes with immediate risk of mortality and increased risks for long-term negative consequences for development. Children under two are particularly sensitive to undernutrition and infections. We estimated the age patterning in wasting prevalence.

Methods

We calculated wasting prevalence and used Poisson regression models to estimate prevalence ratios comparing prevalence in children under and over two years using data from Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys from 94 mostly low- and middle-income countries, including 804,172 children under five, born to a nationally representative sample of women 15-49 years old. Wasting

SUBMITTER: Karlsson O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8961190 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature