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

Sreeramareddy CT 1 , Ramakrishnareddy N 2 , Subramaniam M 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 1Department of Population Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman,Jalan Sungai Long,Bandar Sungai Long,Post code: 43000,Kajang,Cheras,Selangor,Malaysia
  • 2 2Department of Community Medicine,Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute,Bangalore,Karnataka,India
  • 3 3Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman,Bandar Sungai Long,Selangor,Malaysia
Public Health Nutr, 2015 Nov;18(16):2906-14.
PMID: 25435296 DOI: 10.1017/S1368980014002729

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between household food insecurity score and Z-scores of childhood nutritional status indicators.

DESIGN: Population-based, cross-sectional survey, Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2011.

SETTING: A nationally representative sample of 11 085 households selected by a two-stage, stratified cluster sampling design to interview eligible men and women.

SUBJECTS: Children (n 2591) aged 0-60 months in a sub-sample of households selected for men's interview.

RESULTS: Prevalence 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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