Child Nutrition and Mother Health Status of Landless, Marginal and Small Farmers’ Community in Dinajpur, Bangladesh
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2019, Vol 18, Issue 3
Abstract
This study was undertaken to identify the association between child nutrition, mother health status with socio-demographic and economic factors as well as to determine the factors affecting child nutrition of the beneficiary families supported by a NGO working in Dinajpur, Bangladesh. The study was carried out on the families having under-5 children using simple random sampling method. The average height and weight of under-5 children were found 88.1 cm and 11.29 kg respectively. Graphical representation showed as age of children increases the mean height (cm) and mean weight (kg) of the children also increased parallel. The prevalence of underweight children (49%) was observed comparatively higher than stunted (36%) and wasted (34%) children among the very small farmers’ families. Body Mass Index (BMI) of mothers indicated that about 53% were normal weight, about 37% mothers were underweight and 10% mothers were overweight and obese. Analyses revealed that age of children, sex of children and monthly family expenditure were found statistically significant for stunting status of children. The variables like age of father, education of mother and child breast feeding duration were found significant factors for underweighted children. Mothers’ marital age was found significant for underweight to normal weight mother.
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Liza Bosak, U K Majumder, B C Sarker
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