Nutritional Status of Female Children in Comparison to Their Male Siblings in India– A Secondary Analysis of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) Data

Nutritional Status of Female Children in Comparison to Their Male Siblings in India– A Secondary Analysis of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) Data

Introduction: As there was little literature available about gender disparities in undernutrition within household, this secondary analysis was performed on a large representative data with an objective to evaluate the Z-score differences, viz., Weight-for-age Z-score (WAZ), Height-for-age Z-score...

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Main Authors: Raghavendra Pandurangi, Usha Rani Telikicherla, Abdul Jaleel CP, Surya Goud CS, Mahesh Kumar M, Raja Sriswan M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Medsci Publications 2023-08-01
Series:National Journal of Community Medicine
Subjects:
malnutrition
NFHS
gender differences
anthropometry
nutritional status
intahousehold differences
Online Access:https://njcmindia.com/index.php/file/article/view/3041

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