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Growth faltering and recovery in children aged 1–8 years in four low- and middle-income countries: Young Lives

Public health nutrition, 2014-09, Vol.17 (9), p.2131-2137 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © The Authors 2013 ;2015 INIST-CNRS ;The Authors 2013 2013 ;ISSN: 1368-9800 ;EISSN: 1475-2727 ;DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013003017 ;PMID: 24477079

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Title:
Growth faltering and recovery in children aged 1–8 years in four low- and middle-income countries: Young Lives
Author: Lundeen, Elizabeth A ; Behrman, Jere R ; Crookston, Benjamin T ; Dearden, Kirk A ; Engle, Patrice ; Georgiadis, Andreas ; Penny, Mary E ; Stein, Aryeh D
Subjects: Age ; Air. Soil. Water. Waste. Feeding ; Biological and medical sciences ; Body Height ; Child ; Child Development ; Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena ; Child, Preschool ; Children & youth ; Cohort Studies ; Environment. Living conditions ; Ethiopia - epidemiology ; Female ; General aspects ; Growth Disorders - etiology ; Growth Disorders - prevention & control ; Humans ; Incidence ; India - epidemiology ; Infant ; Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena ; Longitudinal Studies ; Low income groups ; Male ; Malnutrition - diet therapy ; Malnutrition - economics ; Malnutrition - epidemiology ; Malnutrition - physiopathology ; Medical sciences ; Miscellaneous ; Peru - epidemiology ; Poverty Areas ; Prevalence ; Public health. Hygiene ; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine ; Research Papers ; Special groups ; Standard scores ; Vietnam - epidemiology
Is Part Of: Public health nutrition, 2014-09, Vol.17 (9), p.2131-2137
Description: We characterized post-infancy child growth patterns and determined the incidence of becoming stunted and of recovery from stunting. Data came from Young Lives, a longitudinal study of childhood poverty in four low- and middle-income countries. We analysed length/height measurements for children at ages 1, 5 and 8 years. Children (n 7171) in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam. Mean height-for-age Z-score (HAZ) at age 1 year ranged from -1·51 (Ethiopia) to -1·08 (Vietnam). From age 1 to 5 years, mean HAZ increased by 0·27 in Ethiopia (P < 0·001) and decreased among the other cohorts (range: -0·19 (Peru) to -0·32 (India); all P < 0·001). From 5 to 8 years, mean HAZ increased in all cohorts (range: 0·19 (India) to 0·38 (Peru); all P < 0·001). Prevalence of stunting (HAZ<-2·0) at 1 year ranged from 21 % (Vietnam) to 46 % (Ethiopia). From age 1 to 5 years, stunting prevalence decreased by 15·1 percentage points in Ethiopia (P < 0·001) and increased in the other cohorts (range: 3·0 percentage points (Vietnam) to 5·3 percentage points (India); all P ≤ 0·001). From 5 to 8 years, stunting prevalence decreased in all cohorts (range: 5·0 percentage points (Vietnam) to 12·7 percentage points (Peru); all P < 0·001). The incidence of becoming stunted between ages 1 to 5 years ranged from 11 % (Vietnam) to 22 % (India); between ages 5 to 8 years, it ranged from 3 % (Peru) to 6 % (India and Ethiopia). The incidence of recovery from stunting between ages 1 and 5 years ranged from 27 % (Vietnam) to 53 % (Ethiopia); between ages 5 and 8 years, it ranged from 30 % (India) to 47 % (Ethiopia). We found substantial recovery from early stunting among children in four low- and middle-income countries.
Publisher: Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1368-9800
EISSN: 1475-2727
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013003017
PMID: 24477079
Source: MEDLINE
ProQuest Central

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Growth faltering and recovery in children aged 1–8 years in four low- and middle-income countries: Young Lives

Copyright © The Authors 2013 ;2015 INIST-CNRS ;The Authors 2013 2013 ;ISSN: 1368-9800 ;EISSN: 1475-2727 ;DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013003017 ;PMID: 24477079

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