Socio-economic and demographic factors influencing nutritional status among early childbearing young mothers in Bangladesh

Islam A 1 , Islam N 2 , Bharati P 3 , Aik S 4 , Hossain G 5

Affiliations 

  • 1 Research Management Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Statistics, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, 6205, Bangladesh
  • 3 Biological Anthropology Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, 203 SH1 State highways 1, Kolkata, 700108, India
  • 4 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia
  • 5 Department of Statistics, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, 6205, Bangladesh. hossain95@yahoo.com
BMC Womens Health, 2016;16:58.
PMID: 27561311 DOI: 10.1186/s12905-016-0338-y

Abstract

Early childbearing influences women's health. This study aims to examine the effects of socio-demographic factors on nutritional status of early childbearing mothers in Bangladesh based on Body Mass Index (BMI) as the indicator.

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