Household Food Insecurity Predicts Childhood Undernutrition: A Cross-Sectional Study in West Oromia (Ethiopia)

Table 3

Prevalence of household food security situation and undernutrition of children in the study setting.

Household food access category	Prevalence, n (%)
	Total, n (%)	Stunting	Underweight	Wasting	Undernourished children (composite)
Food secure	163 (31.0)	25 (4.8)	10 (1.9)	10 (1.9)	33 (6.3)
Mild food insecurity	297 (56.6)	42 (8.0)	15 (2.9)	17 (3.2)	56 (10.7)
Moderate food insecurity	65 (12.4)	18 (3.4)	11 (2.1)	6 (1.1)	23 (4.4)
Overall (%)		16.2	6.9	6.3	21.3

Undernourished children means those children categorized at least in any of the three indices (i.e., stunted, underweight, and wasted).