Risk factors for chronic undernutrition among children in India: Estimating relative importance, population attributable risk and fractions
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- 作者：Daniel J. Corsia ; dcorsi@ohri.ca" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Ivá ; n Mejí ; a-Guevarab ; S.V. Subramanianb ; c ; svsubram@hsph.harvard.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Undernutrition ; Growth and development ; Stunting ; Underweight ; Risk factors ; Socioeconomic status ; Diet ; India
- 刊名：Social Science & Medicine
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：May 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：157
- 期：Complete
- 页码：165-185
- 全文大小：6846 K
文摘
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Research on risk factors for child undernutrition has been single-factorial and downstream.
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We assessed the relative and joint contribution of multiple factors for growth and development.
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Maternal stature, education, household wealth, dietary diversity, and maternal BMI were the top 5 risk factors.
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Together these five 5 factors accounted for more than 65% of the PAR for child undernutrition.
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Strategies focused on social circumstances and direct investments in nutrition specific-programs are required.