Background Stunting is a major public health issue in most of developing countries.
Although, its worldwide prevalence is decreasing slowly but the number of stunted children …

Background: Limited data are available indicating associates of stunting among Iranian
children. This study was conducted to investigate determinants of stunting in first grade …

Background Malnutrition was the main cause of death among children below 5 years in
every state of India in 2017. Despite several flagship programmes and schemes …

Objectives: To estimate frequency of stunting and associated factors in children aged less
than five years in a tertiary care hospital of Lahore. Methods: An Analytical cross-sectional …

Background Stunting is a consequence of long term, cumulative inadequacies of health and
nutrition. Health system uses underweight for growth monitoring for its simplicity. Lately there …

Stunting is a significant public health problem in low-and middle-income countries. This
study assessed the prevalence of stunting and associated risk factors of stunting among …

BACKGROUND: Stunting remains a nutritional problem in children in Indonesia and some
other developing countries. It has become a public health problem that must be taken …

Stunting adversely affects the physical and mental outcome of children. The objectives of the
study were to determine the prevalence of and risk factors associated with stunting among …

The prevalence of stunting (low height-for-age) is a key indicator of long-term chronic
undernutrition which reflects an anthropometric failure to reach linear growth potentials due …

Background: Despite improvements in the reduction of child stunting rates over the last
decade, poor nutritional status still remains a public health concern in Bangladesh, where …