Changing trends in nutritional status of adolescent females: a cross-sectional study from urban and rural Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Malnutrition remains a major problem among adolescents worldwide, but the types of nutritional problem impacting this group are changing significantly. This study aims to describe and analyse the trends in nutritional status and related epidemiological characteristics of 10 to 19 years old adolescent girls over time (2001 to 2018) in Bangladesh.

Methods

We extracted data from the Diarrhoeal Disease- Surveillance System of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh. We performed χ² test for trend to test for statistical significance of the changing trends of undernutrition and overnutrition among the study participants. Multivariable logistic regression model was fit to measure the strength of association, reported as adjusted OR

SUBMITTER: Mostafa I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7893671 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature