Research Article
Double Burden of Malnutrition: Evidence from a Selected Nigerian Population
Table 4
Anthropometric categories of mothers with their children.
| | Indices | Normal | Thin/underweight | Overweight | Obese | Total |
| | Stunting () | Normal | 247 (39.84) | 36 (5.81) | 100 (16.13) | 38 (6.13) | 421 (67.9) | | Mild/moderate | 69 (11.13) | 7 (1.13) | 19 (3.06) | 10 (1.61) | 105 (16.94) | | Severe | 48 (7.74) | 12 (1.94) | 26 (4.19) | 8 (1.29) | 94 (15.16) | | Total | 364 (58.71) | 55 (8.87) | 145 (23.39) | 56 (9.03) | 620 (100) |
| | Underweight () | Normal | 309 (50.08) | 42 (6.81) | 125 (20.26) | 45 (7.29) | 521 (84.44) | | Mild/moderate | 30 (4.86) | 7 (1.13) | 9 (1.46) | 6 (0.97) | 52 (8.43) | | Severe | 23 (3.73) | 6 (0.97) | 11 (1.78) | 4 (0.65) | 44 (7.13) | | Total | 362 (58.67) | 55 (8.91) | 145 (23.5) | 55 (8.91) | 617 (100) |
| | Wasting () | Normal | 321 (52.37) | 47 (7.67) | 130 (21.21) | 48 (7.83) | 546 (89.07) | | Mild/moderate | 16 (2.61) | 2 (0.33) | 9 (1.47) | 3 (0.49) | 30 (4.89) | | Severe | 22 (3.59) | 5 (0.82) | 6 (0.98) | 4 (0.65) | 37 (6.04) | | Total | 359 (58.56) | 54 (8.81) | 145 (23.65) | 55 (8.97) | 613 (100) |
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