Assessment of undernutrition using the composite index of anthropometric failure (CIAF) and its determinants: A cross-sectional study in the rural area of the Bogor District in Indonesia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF) can comprehensively identify undernutrition by combining several indicators of nutritional status - namely, weight-for-age, length/height-for-age and weight-for-length/height - to determine the nutritional status of children under five years of age. This study aims to assess undernutrition using the CIAF and its determinants on children under five years of age in the Bogor District, Indonesia.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted during February-May 2019 among 330 mother-children pairs (with children under five), selected by systematic random sampling from four villages as undernutrition pockets in the rural area of Bogor District, Indonesia. The nutritional status of the children was assessed by measur

SUBMITTER: Permatasari TAE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9666932 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature