Association between household food access insecurity and nutritional status indicators among children aged <5 years in Nepal: results from a national, cross-sectional household survey

Public Health Nutrition

Chandrashekhar T Sreeramareddy¹  N Ramakrishnareddy¹  Mayoori Subramaniam¹ 

关键词: Food insecurity;    Undernutrition;    Under-5s;    Nepal;   

DOI  :  10.1017/S1368980014002729

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Cambridge University Press

【 摘 要 】

AbstractObjectiveTo examine the association between household food insecurity score and Z-scores of childhood nutritional status indicators.DesignPopulation-based, cross-sectional survey, Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2011.SettingA nationally representative sample of 11 085 households selected by a two-stage, stratified cluster sampling design to interview eligible men and women.SubjectsChildren (n 2591) aged 0–60 months in a sub-sample of households selected for men’s interview.ResultsPrevalence of moderate and severe household food insecurity was 23·2 % and 19·0 %, respectively, for children aged 0–60 months. Weighted prevalence rates for stunting (height-for-age Z-score (HAZ)

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