Weight patterns among mother-child pairs in the Middle East and North African Region.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

We aim to evaluate weight status in mother-child household pairs and patterns specific to over-nutrition households and double burden households.

Methods

We used nationally representative data from the most recent Demographic and Health Survey (2001-2014) in the Middle East & North African (MENA) Region (n = 45,104) to examine weight status of mother-child dyads. Under-nutrition households were defined as mothers with underweight and children with wasting; over-nutrition households as mothers with overweight/obesity and children with overweight; and double burden households as mothers with underweight and children with overweight or mothers with overweight/obesity mother and children with wasting. Survey-adjusted multinomial logistic regression were used to quantify pred

SUBMITTER: Jones-Antwi RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9807028 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature