Weight-for-age malnutrition in Indonesian children, 1992–1999

Weight-for-age malnutrition in Indonesian children, 1992–1999

Background This article measures changes over time in Indonesia in the prevalence of moderate and severe child malnutrition, and examines the factors associated with these changes. A child with a weight-for-age Z-score below −2.0 is classified as underweight and either moderately or severely malnour...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of epidemiology 2004-06, Vol.33 (3), p.589-595
Hauptverfasser: Waters, Hugh, Saadah, Fadia, Surbakti, Soedarti, Heywood, Peter
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Age Distribution
Biological and medical sciences
Birth Order
Body Weight
Child malnutrition
Child Nutrition Disorders - epidemiology
Child Nutrition Disorders - etiology
Child, Preschool
Cross-Sectional Studies
economics and health
Educational Status
Female
Humans
Indonesia
Indonesia - epidemiology
Infant
Infant Nutrition Disorders - epidemiology
Infant Nutrition Disorders - etiology
Male
Medical sciences
Metabolic diseases
Mothers
Nutrition Disorders - epidemiology
Nutritional Status
Other nutritional diseases (malnutrition, nutritional and vitamin deficiencies...)
pooled cross-sectional analysis
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Sex Distribution
Socioeconomic Factors
Tropical medicine
underweight
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Zusammenfassung:Background This article measures changes over time in Indonesia in the prevalence of moderate and severe child malnutrition, and examines the factors associated with these changes. A child with a weight-for-age Z-score below −2.0 is classified as underweight and either moderately or severely malnourished. Methods A pooled cross-sectional dataset of 163 986 children
ISSN:0300-5771
1464-3685
1464-3685
DOI:10.1093/ije/dyh074