Households Hunger:The Key Attribute to Anthropometric Failures of Children in West Oromia(Ethiopia)

作     者：Wondu Garoma Berra Nian-hong Yang Wondu Garoma Berra;Nian-hong YANG

作者机构：Department of Nutrition&Food HygieneHubei Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and SafetyMOE Key Laboratory of Environment and HealthSchool of Public HealthTongji Medical CollegeHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan430030China Nutrition UnitWollega UniversityNekemteEthiopia 

出 版 物：《Current Medical Science》 (当代医学科学（英文）)

年 卷 期：2020年第40卷第3期

页      面：580-585页

核心收录：

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

基　　金：This project was supported by China Scholarship Council(CSC) Nestle Nutrition Institute Africa(NINA)and Wollega University 

主　　题：child dietary practices household hunger anthropometric failures West Oromia(Ethiopia) 

摘      要：Poor nutrition is the underlying cause of child ***,comprehensive data showing the relationships between dietary-practices,food security,and nutritional status are *** present study aimed to examine the association of inappropriate feeding practices and household-hunger with anthropometric measures in children aged 6–23 months.A cross-sectional survey was conducted on randomly selected ***-structured interviewer-administered questionnaires were used to gather data on socio-demographic,child health,dietary-practices and *** and height/length of the children were measured and analyzed using the new World Health Organization(WHO)Growth *** prevalence of stunting,wasting and underweight as well as composite index of anthropometric failure(CIFA)were used to indicate *** overall prevalence of inappropriate feeding practices was 22.9%,rate of moderate households-hunger was 12.4%,and the prevalence of stunting,underweight and wasting was 16.2%,6.9%and 6.3%,respectively,while the CIAF was 21.3%.The prevalence was significantly higher in young children aged 12–23 months than in infants aged 6–11 *** from households experiencing moderate hunger had significantly higher risk of being stunting(OR:10.20;95%CI:2.00–51.50),underweight(OR:3.89;95%CI:1.40–10.90),wasting(OR:1.97;95%CI:0.99–3.90),and CIAF(OR:1.90;95%CI:1.05–3.45),than those residing in households experiencing no or mild ***-disciplinary approaches are required to improve household food-security and child dietary practices,thus the nutritional status among young children.