Assessing the relationship of maternal short stature with coexisting forms of malnutrition among neonates, infants, and young children of Pakistan
Abstract Evidence from previous studies suggests a strong association between pediatric undernutrition and maternal stature. However, there's a scarcity of evidence regarding the relationship between maternal stature and pediatric coexisting forms of malnutrition (CFM). This study examined the...
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| description | Abstract Evidence from previous studies suggests a strong association between pediatric undernutrition and maternal stature. However, there's a scarcity of evidence regarding the relationship between maternal stature and pediatric coexisting forms of malnutrition (CFM). This study examined the prevalence and trends of CFM at the individual, household, and community levels, using data from the Demographic & Health Surveys (DHS) of Pakistan. Furthermore, this study assessed the association between pediatric CFM and short maternal stature while adjusting for multiple covariates. A panel cross‐sectional analysis was conducted using data from the 2012–2013 and 2017–2018 Pakistan Demographic & Health Survey (PDHS). We included data from 6194 mother–child dyads aged 15–49 years and 0–59 months, respectively, while excluding data from pregnant mothers and dyads with incomplete anthropometric variables and anthropometric outliers. Across the two survey periods, our findings reveal a significant decline in pediatric malnutrition, including CFM, alongside a concurrent increase in maternal overweight/obesity. Three out of four households had either a malnourished mother, and/or a malnourished child, and/or both. Our study demonstrates that short maternal stature increased the odds of various forms of pediatric undernutrition by two‐to‐threefolds (p < .041), but we did not find an association with wasting, overweight/obesity, and nutritional paradox. This underscores the heightened vulnerability of children born to short‐stature mothers to various forms of pediatric undernutrition. Addressing the high prevalence of pediatric undernutrition among children of short‐stature mothers necessitates a comprehensive approach that considers an individual's nutritional status throughout their entire life cycle. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2e9ad79217b841d196540ff2a1348e872024-04-15T01:06:44ZengWileyFood Science & Nutrition2048-71772024-04-011242634264910.1002/fsn3.3945Assessing the relationship of maternal short stature with coexisting forms of malnutrition among neonates, infants, and young children of PakistanAsif Khaliq0Smita Nambiar1Yvette D. Miller2Darren Wraith3School of Public Health and Social Work Queensland University of Technology Brisbane Queensland AustraliaSchool of Nutrition and Dietetics Queensland University of Technology Brisbane Queensland AustraliaSchool of Public Health and Social Work Queensland University of Technology Brisbane Queensland AustraliaSchool of Public Health and Social Work Queensland University of Technology Brisbane Queensland AustraliaAbstract Evidence from previous studies suggests a strong association between pediatric undernutrition and maternal stature. However, there's a scarcity of evidence regarding the relationship between maternal stature and pediatric coexisting forms of malnutrition (CFM). This study examined the prevalence and trends of CFM at the individual, household, and community levels, using data from the Demographic & Health Surveys (DHS) of Pakistan. Furthermore, this study assessed the association between pediatric CFM and short maternal stature while adjusting for multiple covariates. A panel cross‐sectional analysis was conducted using data from the 2012–2013 and 2017–2018 Pakistan Demographic & Health Survey (PDHS). We included data from 6194 mother–child dyads aged 15–49 years and 0–59 months, respectively, while excluding data from pregnant mothers and dyads with incomplete anthropometric variables and anthropometric outliers. Across the two survey periods, our findings reveal a significant decline in pediatric malnutrition, including CFM, alongside a concurrent increase in maternal overweight/obesity. Three out of four households had either a malnourished mother, and/or a malnourished child, and/or both. Our study demonstrates that short maternal stature increased the odds of various forms of pediatric undernutrition by two‐to‐threefolds (p < .041), but we did not find an association with wasting, overweight/obesity, and nutritional paradox. This underscores the heightened vulnerability of children born to short‐stature mothers to various forms of pediatric undernutrition. Addressing the high prevalence of pediatric undernutrition among children of short‐stature mothers necessitates a comprehensive approach that considers an individual's nutritional status throughout their entire life cycle.https://doi.org/10.1002/fsn3.3945childrencoexisting forminfluencemalnutritionmaternalshort stature |
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| title | Assessing the relationship of maternal short stature with coexisting forms of malnutrition among neonates, infants, and young children of Pakistan |
| title_full | Assessing the relationship of maternal short stature with coexisting forms of malnutrition among neonates, infants, and young children of Pakistan |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the relationship of maternal short stature with coexisting forms of malnutrition among neonates, infants, and young children of Pakistan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the relationship of maternal short stature with coexisting forms of malnutrition among neonates, infants, and young children of Pakistan |
| title_short | Assessing the relationship of maternal short stature with coexisting forms of malnutrition among neonates, infants, and young children of Pakistan |
| title_sort | assessing the relationship of maternal short stature with coexisting forms of malnutrition among neonates infants and young children of pakistan |
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