Trends of Stunting Prevalence and Its Associated Factors among Nigerian Children Aged 0–59 Months Residing in the Northern Nigeria, 2008–2018
Every year in Nigeria, malnutrition contributes to more than 33% of the deaths of children below 5 years, and these deaths mostly occur in the northern geopolitical zones (NGZs), where nearly 50% of all children below 5 years are stunted. This study examined the trends in the prevalence of stunting...
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| author | Osita K. Ezeh Tanvir Abir Noor Raihani. Zainol Abdullah Al Mamun Abul H. Milton Md. Rashidul Haque Kingsley E. Agho |
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| description | Every year in Nigeria, malnutrition contributes to more than 33% of the deaths of children below 5 years, and these deaths mostly occur in the northern geopolitical zones (NGZs), where nearly 50% of all children below 5 years are stunted. This study examined the trends in the prevalence of stunting and its associated factors among children aged 0–23 months, 24–59 months and 0–59 months in the NGZs. The data of 33,682 recent live births in the NGZs, extracted from the Nigeria Demographic and Health Surveys from 2008 to 2018, were used to investigate the factors associated with stunting using multilevel logistic regression. Children aged 24–59 months reported the highest prevalence of stunting, with 53.3% (95% confidence interval: 52.0–54.6%). Multivariable analyses revealed four common factors that increased the odds of a child’s stunting across all age subgroups: poor households, geopolitical zone (northwest or northeast), being a male and maternal height (<145 cm). Interventional strategies focused on poverty mitigation through cash transfer and educating low socioeconomic mothers on the benefits of gender-neutral supplementary feeding and the timely monitoring of the offspring of short mothers would substantially reduce stunting across all age subgroups in the NGZs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-97352643ec8842db93787860048c61b12023-11-23T09:55:58ZengMDPI AGNutrients2072-66432021-11-011312431210.3390/nu13124312Trends of Stunting Prevalence and Its Associated Factors among Nigerian Children Aged 0–59 Months Residing in the Northern Nigeria, 2008–2018Osita K. Ezeh0Tanvir Abir1Noor Raihani. Zainol2Abdullah Al Mamun3Abul H. Milton4Md. Rashidul Haque5Kingsley E. Agho6School of Health Sciences, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2750, AustraliaSchool of Health Sciences, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2750, AustraliaFaculty of Entrepreneurship and Business, University Malaysia Kelantan, Kota Bharu 16100, MalaysiaFaculty of Business and Management, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur 56000, MalaysiaEpidemiology Resource Centre, Newcastle, NSW 2290, AustraliaDepartment of Psychiatry, Sir Salimullah Medical College, Dhaka 1206, BangladeshSchool of Health Sciences, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2750, AustraliaEvery year in Nigeria, malnutrition contributes to more than 33% of the deaths of children below 5 years, and these deaths mostly occur in the northern geopolitical zones (NGZs), where nearly 50% of all children below 5 years are stunted. This study examined the trends in the prevalence of stunting and its associated factors among children aged 0–23 months, 24–59 months and 0–59 months in the NGZs. The data of 33,682 recent live births in the NGZs, extracted from the Nigeria Demographic and Health Surveys from 2008 to 2018, were used to investigate the factors associated with stunting using multilevel logistic regression. Children aged 24–59 months reported the highest prevalence of stunting, with 53.3% (95% confidence interval: 52.0–54.6%). Multivariable analyses revealed four common factors that increased the odds of a child’s stunting across all age subgroups: poor households, geopolitical zone (northwest or northeast), being a male and maternal height (<145 cm). Interventional strategies focused on poverty mitigation through cash transfer and educating low socioeconomic mothers on the benefits of gender-neutral supplementary feeding and the timely monitoring of the offspring of short mothers would substantially reduce stunting across all age subgroups in the NGZs.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/12/4312stunting in childrenNigerian northern geopolitical zoneschildren below 5 yearstrends in stuntingprevalence of stuntingchild’s stunting |
| spellingShingle | Osita K. Ezeh Tanvir Abir Noor Raihani. Zainol Abdullah Al Mamun Abul H. Milton Md. Rashidul Haque Kingsley E. Agho Trends of Stunting Prevalence and Its Associated Factors among Nigerian Children Aged 0–59 Months Residing in the Northern Nigeria, 2008–2018 Nutrients stunting in children Nigerian northern geopolitical zones children below 5 years trends in stunting prevalence of stunting child’s stunting |
| title | Trends of Stunting Prevalence and Its Associated Factors among Nigerian Children Aged 0–59 Months Residing in the Northern Nigeria, 2008–2018 |
| title_full | Trends of Stunting Prevalence and Its Associated Factors among Nigerian Children Aged 0–59 Months Residing in the Northern Nigeria, 2008–2018 |
| title_fullStr | Trends of Stunting Prevalence and Its Associated Factors among Nigerian Children Aged 0–59 Months Residing in the Northern Nigeria, 2008–2018 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trends of Stunting Prevalence and Its Associated Factors among Nigerian Children Aged 0–59 Months Residing in the Northern Nigeria, 2008–2018 |
| title_short | Trends of Stunting Prevalence and Its Associated Factors among Nigerian Children Aged 0–59 Months Residing in the Northern Nigeria, 2008–2018 |
| title_sort | trends of stunting prevalence and its associated factors among nigerian children aged 0 59 months residing in the northern nigeria 2008 2018 |
| topic | stunting in children Nigerian northern geopolitical zones children below 5 years trends in stunting prevalence of stunting child’s stunting |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/12/4312 |
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