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Burden of undernutrition among under-five Bengali children and its determinants: Findings from Demographic and Health Surveys of Bangladesh and India.
Kundu, Ramendra Nath; Hossain, Md Golam; Haque, Md Ahshanul; Mahumud, Rashidul Alam; Pal, Manoranjan; Bharati, Premananda.
Afiliação
  • Kundu RN; Department of Anthropology, Former Senior Research Fellow (UGC-NET), West Bengal State University, West Bengal, India.
  • Hossain MG; Department of Statistics, Health Research Group, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
  • Haque MA; Nutrition and Clinical Services Division, icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Mahumud RA; Faculty of Medicine and Health, NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Pal M; Indian Statistical Institute, Economic Research Unit, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
  • Bharati P; Indian Statistical Institute, Biological Anthropology Unit, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
PLoS One ; 19(4): e0301808, 2024.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38578746
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

Globally, undernutrition is the leading cause of mortality among under-five children. Bangladesh and India were in the top ten countries in the world for under-five mortality. The aim of the study was to investigate the nutritional status of Bengali under-five children.

METHODS:

Data on 25938 under-five children were retrieved from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2017-18 (BDHS) and the National Family Health Survey of India 2015-16 (NFHS-4). Stunting, wasting, underweight and thinness were considered to understand the nutritional status of under-five children. Binary logistic regression was used to identify associated factors of undernutrition among children.

RESULTS:

Over one-quarter of Bengali under-five children were found to be suffering from the problem of stunting (31.9%) and underweight (28.1%), while other nutritional indicators raised serious concern and revealed inter-country disparities. In the cases of wasting, underweight and thinness, the mean z-scores and frequency differences between Bangladesh and India were significant. The nutritional status of Bengali under-five children appeared to have improved in Bangladesh compared to India. Child undernutrition had significant relations with maternal undernutrition in both countries. Girls in Bangladesh had slightly better nutritional status than boys. In Bangladesh, lack of formal education among mothers was a leading cause of child undernutrition. Stunting and underweight coexist with low household wealth index in both counties.

CONCLUSIONS:

The research revealed that various factors were associated with child undernutrition in Bengalis. It has been proposed that programmes promoting maternal education and nutrition, along with household wealth index be prioritised. The study recommends that the Governments of Bangladesh and India should increase the budget for health of children so as to reach the sustainable development goals.
Assuntos

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Transtornos da Nutrição Infantil / Desnutrição / População do Sul da Ásia Limite: Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Male País como assunto: Asia Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Transtornos da Nutrição Infantil / Desnutrição / População do Sul da Ásia Limite: Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Male País como assunto: Asia Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article