Prevalence and risk predictors of childhood stunting in Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The child nutritional status of a country is a potential indicator of socioeconomic development. Child malnutrition is still the leading cause of severe health and welfare problems across Bangladesh. The most prevalent form of child malnutrition, stunting, is a serious public health issue in many low and middle-income countries. This study aimed to investigate the heterogeneous effect of some child, maternal, household, and health-related predictors, along with the quantiles of the conditional distribution of Z-score for height-for-age (HAZ) of under five children in Bangladesh.

Methods and materials

In this study, a sample of 8,321 children under five years of age was studied from BDHS-2017-18. The chi-square test was mainly used to identify the significant predi

SUBMITTER: Abdulla F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9879476 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature