Research Article
Double Burden of Malnutrition: Evidence from a Selected Nigerian Population
Table 2
Nutritional anthropometry: height-for-age, weight-for-age, and weight-for-height for children.
| | Indices | Sex | −2 to +2SD (N %) | ≤−2 to −3SD (N %) | <−3SD (N %) | Total (N %) |
| | Height-for-age (stunting) | Boys | 183 (30.7) | 61 (10.2) | 51 (8.6) | 295 (49.5) | | Girls | 190 (31.9) | 57 (9.6) | 54 (9.1) | 301 (50.5) | | Total | 373 (62.9) | 118 (19.8) | 105 (17.6) | 596 (100) |
| | Weight-for-age (underweight) | Boys | 241 (40.6) | 33 (5.6) | 20 (3.4) | 294 (49.6) | | Girls | 244 (41.1) | 34 (5.7) | 21 (3.5) | 299 (50.4) | | Total | 485 (81.8) | 67 (11.3) | 41 (6.9) | 593 (100) |
| | Weight-for-height (wasting) | Boys | 234 (42.5) | 18 (3.3) | 16 (2.9) | 268 (48.6) | | Girls | 245 (44.5) | 16 (2.9) | 22 (4.0) | 283 (51.4) | | Total | 479 (86.9) | 34 (6.2) | 38 (6.9) | 551 (100) |
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>−2SD to +2SD = normal; ≤−2 to −3SD = mild/moderate; <−3SD = severe.
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