Cultural and contextual drivers of triple burden of malnutrition among children in India

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dc.creatorSingh, Shri Kant
dc.creatorChauhan, Alka
dc.creatorSharma, Santosh Kumar
dc.creatorPuri, Parul
dc.creatorPedgaonkar, Sarang
dc.creatorDwivedi, Laxmi Kant
dc.creatorTaillie, Lindsey Smith
dc.date2023-08-06
dc.date2024-03-14T12:08:48Z
dc.date2024-03-14T12:08:48Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:09:52Z
dc.descriptionThis study examines malnutrition’s triple burden, including anaemia, overweight, and stunting, among children aged 6–59 months. Using data from the National Family Health Survey-5 (2019–2021), the study identifies risk factors and assesses their contribution at different levels to existing malnutrition burden. A random intercept multilevel logistic regression model and spatial analysis are employed to identify child, maternal, and household level risk factors for stunting, overweight, and anaemia. The study finds that 34% of children were stunted, 4% were overweight, and 66% were anaemic. Stunting and anaemia prevalence were higher in central and eastern regions, while overweight was more prevalent in the north-eastern and northern regions. At the macro-level, the coexistence of stunting, overweight, and anaemia circumstantiates the triple burden of childhood malnutrition with substantial spatial variation (Moran’s I: stunting-0.53, overweight-0.41, and anaemia-0.53). Multilevel analysis reveals that child, maternal, and household variables play a substantial role in determining malnutrition burden in India. The nutritional health is significantly influenced by a wide range of determinants, necessitating multilevel treatments targeting households to address this diverse group of coexisting factors. Given the intra-country spatial heterogeneity, the treatment also needs to be tailor-made for various disaggregated levels.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/140000
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/96433
dc.languageen
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceSingh, Shri Kant; Chauhan, Alka; Sharma, Santosh Kumar; Puri, Parul; Pedgaonkar, Sarang; Dwivedi, Laxmi Kant; and Taillie, Lindsey Smith. 2023. Cultural and contextual drivers of triple burden of malnutrition among children in India. Nutrients 15(15): 3478. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15153478
dc.subjectanaemia
dc.subjectdata
dc.subjectsurveys
dc.subjectmalnutrition
dc.subjectchild stunting
dc.subjectoverweight
dc.titleCultural and contextual drivers of triple burden of malnutrition among children in India
dc.typeJournal Article

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