Does maternal overnutrition carry child undernutrition in India?

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Studies in low-and middle-income countries where nutrition transition is underway provides mixed evidence of double burden of maternal overnutrition and child undernutrition among mother-child pairs. Shifting dietary pattern and rapid increase in overweight/obesity among adults with persistent child undernutrition indicate that India is experiencing nutrition transition and double burden of malnutrition. Hence, the study explores the presence of and the factors associated with mother-child dyads of over- and undernutrition in India.

Methods and materials

The study uses National Family Health Survey 2015-16 data. The analytic sample consists of 28,817 weighted mother-child pairs where an overweight/obese mother is paired with an undernourished child.

SUBMITTER: Kumar M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9205528 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature