International Journal of Pediatrics

Prevalence and Risk Factors for Stunting among Children Less than Five Years: a Community Based Study in North-Western Iran

Hamidreza Farrokh-Eslamlou; Alireza Eshagi; Rohollah Valizadeh; Tahereh Omidi; Maasoumeh Maasoumeh Mahdi Akhgar

Volume 9, Issue 12 , December 2021, , Pages 14958-14966

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2021.52498.4168

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Background: Children under five years of age are the primary victims of malnutrition. This study aimed to investigate risk factors of stunting among children less than 5 years in North-Western ... Read More Background: Children under five years of age are the primary victims of malnutrition. This study aimed to investigate risk factors of stunting among children less than 5 years in North-Western Iran.Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 3300 children under 5 years of age in West Azerbaijan province. Selected households were visited by fifteen trained teams. Collected data were consisted of name, date of birth, height, weight, sex, breastfeeding status, age, stunting status (Without stunting, moderate, severe), place of residence, care quality, completion of growth curve and knowledge of mothers about heath cares. The data were analyzed using STATA version 20. Chi-square, binary logistic, and ordinal regression were used. P-values less than 0.05 were considered significant.Results: Among 3300 children, a total of 436 individuals (13.2%) had stunting (moderate: 302 children/severe: 134 children). The Mean weight, height, BMI, month of birth and breast feeding duration in children were 11.89±3.76, 86.26±15.05, 15.88±2.44, 6.23±3.47 and 4.13±5.20, respectively. No significant independency was found among children with/without stunting regarding having breast feeding or cow milk, using baby pacifier and number of under-5-year children in each family (p>0.05). Other qualitative variables were not homogenous (p<0.05). In binary logistic regression analysis, age and weight were presented as risk factors in the model, that is, by increasing one unit of the age, provided that the other variables remain constant in the model, the risk of stunting increases for approximately four times, because the odds ratio (OR = 4.034) is significant (p = 0.021 ). Weight variable also produced such a situation (OR = 4.437, p = 0.007). Assuming that other variables remain constant in the model, the risk of shifting to the higher order of the stunting variable is roughly doubled in the model, because the odds ratio (OR = 2.285) is significant (p = 0.005). Height was a preventive variable in the model for developing stunting (OR = 0.204, p = 0.002). In ordinal regression analysis, weight was presented as a risk factor in the model (OR = 2.285, p = 0.005) and height was a preventive variable (OR = 0.450, p = 0.001).Conclusion: According to the results of the study, prevalence of stunting is high indicating the necessary measures in this regard. Weight, height and age are appropriate predictors to predict stunting in children

Investigation of some Factors Affecting Stunting and Wasting among the Under-Five Children in Eastern Mediterranean Region

Ali Almasi; Shahram Saeidi; Alireza Zanganeh; Arash Ziapour; Maryam Choobtashan; Fariba Saeidi; Mohammad Reza Salahshoor; Farbod Ebadi Fard Azar

Volume 7, Issue 7 , July 2019, , Pages 9759-9772

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2019.40074.3403

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Background: Stunting and wasting, as two key health indexes in any society, are two major factors in children’s physical and mental growth in the future, especially in ... Read More

Human Development and related Components with Malnutrition in Children: a Global Ecological Study

Mokhtar Soheylizad; Erfan Ayubi; Kamyar Mansori; Behzad Gholamaliee; Mohadeseh Sani; Somayeh Khazaei; Shiva Mansouri Hanis; Fatemeh Khosravi Shadmani8; Salman Khazaei

Volume 4, Issue 8 , August 2016, , Pages 2299-2305

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2016.7178

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Background: It is necessary to get information on nutrition situation in children and epidemiology of the malnutrition to use for planning and health policy making, therefore this study ... Read More

Prevalence of Undernutrition among Preschool Children under Five Attending Pediatric OPD in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Northeastern India

Sourabh Duwarah; Samiran Bisai; Himesh Barman

Volume 3, Issue 2.2 , April 2015, , Pages 527-533

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2015.4073

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Background: Prevalence of undernutrition in developing countries, though on the declining trend, is still a cause for alarm.The prevalence in India is among the highest in the world. ... Read More

Prevalence of Undernutrition among Santal tribal Preschool Children of Paschim Medinipur District, West Bengal, India

Samiran Bisai

Volume 2, Issue 4.3 , December 2014, , Pages 347-354

https://doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2014.3538

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Objective: To assess the overall nutritional status of Santal tribal preschool children of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, India. Methods: A cross sectional ... Read More

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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Stunting among Children Less than Five Years: a Community Based Study in North-Western Iran

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Investigation of some Factors Affecting Stunting and Wasting among the Under-Five Children in Eastern Mediterranean Region

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Human Development and related Components with Malnutrition in Children: a Global Ecological Study

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Prevalence of Undernutrition among Preschool Children under Five Attending Pediatric OPD in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Northeastern India

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Prevalence of Undernutrition among Santal tribal Preschool Children of Paschim Medinipur District, West Bengal, India

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