Patterns of and risk factors for malnutrition among under-five years children attending a nutrition clinic, Egypt
Mohamed, A., Elshehaby, D., Mohamed, E., Saleh, M., Elasheer, O. (2022). Patterns of and risk factors for malnutrition among under-five years children attending a nutrition clinic, Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 40(3), 208-217. doi: 10.21608/ejcm.2022.113399.1198
Alyaa A. Mohamed; Doaa M. Elshehaby; Eman M. Mohamed; Medhat A. Saleh; Osama M. Elasheer. "Patterns of and risk factors for malnutrition among under-five years children attending a nutrition clinic, Egypt". EKB Journal Management System, 40, 3, 2022, 208-217. doi: 10.21608/ejcm.2022.113399.1198
Mohamed, A., Elshehaby, D., Mohamed, E., Saleh, M., Elasheer, O. (2022). 'Patterns of and risk factors for malnutrition among under-five years children attending a nutrition clinic, Egypt', EKB Journal Management System, 40(3), pp. 208-217. doi: 10.21608/ejcm.2022.113399.1198
Mohamed, A., Elshehaby, D., Mohamed, E., Saleh, M., Elasheer, O. Patterns of and risk factors for malnutrition among under-five years children attending a nutrition clinic, Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 2022; 40(3): 208-217. doi: 10.21608/ejcm.2022.113399.1198

Patterns of and risk factors for malnutrition among under-five years children attending a nutrition clinic, Egypt

The Egyptian Journal of Community Medicine
Article 8, Volume 40, Issue 3, July 2022, Page 208-217  XML PDF (1015.25 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejcm.2022.113399.1198
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Authors
Alyaa A. Mohamed email 1; Doaa M. Elshehaby2; Eman M. Mohamed3; Medhat A. Salehorcid 4; Osama M. Elasheer5
1Public Health and Community Medicine Department Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
2forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University.
3Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University.
4public health and community medicine department, faculty of medicine, assiut university
5Assiut University Children Hospital ,Faculty of medicine.
Abstract
Background: Malnutrition in young children is a major public health issue that is linked to early and later life health problems; it is one of the leading causes of illness in children under 5 years of age.
Objectives: This study aims to identify the patterns of malnutrition and risk factors for stunting among young children aged 24– 59 months who attended the Nutritional Clinic of Assiut University Children Hospital.
Methods: In a cross-sectional study of 134 children, anthropomorphic measurements were taken, and children’s mothers completed several nutrition-related scales and a face-to-face structured questionnaire.
Results: The percentage of stunting among the children was 56.7%, and the total percentage of underweight was 67.2%. Birth order was inversely related to height for age Z-score (HAZ), and that association was statistically significant, as was the positive association between HAZ and spacing between children. Children from households that consumed two or more various types of fat had twice the risk of stunting of the risk in households that consumed no more than one type of fat. Household consumption of no more than one type of animal protein increased stunting risk by seven times the risk in households that consumed at least two types of animal protein.
Conclusion: Stunting was the most common pattern of malnutrition among children attending the clinic. Reduced household consumption of animal protein and increased fat consumption are significant predictors of stunting; therefore, health education programs for mothers should be conducted on a regular basis to increase their awareness about dietary diversity.
Keywords
child stunting; malnutrition; dietary diversity
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