Add to ORKGStunting adversely affects the physical and mental outcome of children. The objectives of the study were to determine the prevalence of and risk factors associated with stunting among urban school children and adolescents in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Five hundred and seventy children aged 5-19 years were selected using the multi-stage random-sampling technique. Stunting was defined as height-for-age z-score (HAZ) of 64 -2 standard deviation (SD) of the National Center for Health Statistics reference. Severe stunting was defined as HAZ of 64-3 SD. The mean age of the children was 12.2\ub13.41 years, and 296 (51.5%) were males. Ninetynine (17.4%) children were stunted. Of the stunted children, 20 (22.2%) were severely stunted. Identified risk fact...
Background: Underfeeding of a child in the first 2 years of life results in irreversible growth...
This abstract provides a summary of a study conducted in Tehsil Hazro, which examines the occurrence...
Background & Aims Child stunting (impaired height-for-age) is a marker of chronic undernutrition an...
Stunting adversely affects the physical and mental outcome of children. The objectives of the study ...
Background: Studies on stunting in children have largely focused on the underfive, establishing it a...
Introduction: stunting remains a huge public health concern among developing Nations. However, ...
Prevalence of Stunting among under-five children is very high in many developing countries of the Wo...
Background: Stunting has been identified as one of the major proximal risk factors for poor physical...
Background Stunting has been identified as one of the major proximal risk factors for poor physical ...
Stunting, a form of undernutrition, is the best measure of child health inequalities as it captures ...
Stunting, a form of undernutrition, is the best measure of child health inequalities as it captures ...
Abstract Background Stunting h...
Every year in Nigeria, malnutrition contributes to more than 33% of the deaths of children below 5 y...
BACKGROUND: Stunting and severe wasting can co-occur in under-fives, predisposing them to increased ...
Background: Stunting, linear growth retardation is the best measure of child health inequalities as ...
Background: Underfeeding of a child in the first 2 years of life results in irreversible growth...
This abstract provides a summary of a study conducted in Tehsil Hazro, which examines the occurrence...
Background & Aims Child stunting (impaired height-for-age) is a marker of chronic undernutrition an...
Stunting adversely affects the physical and mental outcome of children. The objectives of the study ...
Background: Studies on stunting in children have largely focused on the underfive, establishing it a...
Introduction: stunting remains a huge public health concern among developing Nations. However, ...
Prevalence of Stunting among under-five children is very high in many developing countries of the Wo...
Background: Stunting has been identified as one of the major proximal risk factors for poor physical...
Background Stunting has been identified as one of the major proximal risk factors for poor physical ...
Stunting, a form of undernutrition, is the best measure of child health inequalities as it captures ...
Stunting, a form of undernutrition, is the best measure of child health inequalities as it captures ...
Abstract Background Stunting h...
Every year in Nigeria, malnutrition contributes to more than 33% of the deaths of children below 5 y...
BACKGROUND: Stunting and severe wasting can co-occur in under-fives, predisposing them to increased ...
Background: Stunting, linear growth retardation is the best measure of child health inequalities as ...
Background: Underfeeding of a child in the first 2 years of life results in irreversible growth...
This abstract provides a summary of a study conducted in Tehsil Hazro, which examines the occurrence...
Background & Aims Child stunting (impaired height-for-age) is a marker of chronic undernutrition an...