Malnutrition among children is pervasive in South Asia and there are also reports of
overnutrition. To better understand this phenomenon, we need a composite measure …

Malnutrition among children is an important public health problem in Pakistan. Conventional
indicators (stunting, wasting and underweight) are well known. However, there is a need for …

Background Child undernutrition is a burden and the leading cause of child mortality in low-
and middle-income countries like Bangladesh and India. Currently, this issue is a matter of …

Stunting, wasting and underweight—the three traditional indicators of undernourishment
among children—provide mutually non-exclusive categories of anthropometric failures: low …

The public health burden of nutritional deficiency and child mortality is the major challenge
India is facing upfront. In this context, using National Family Health Survey, 2015–16 data …

Background Conventional indicators used to access the nutritional status of children tend to
underestimate the overall undernutrition in the presence of multiple anthropometric failures …

The prevalence of stunting, wasting, and underweight are reported separately. However, the
data of the multiple anthropometric failures combinations of these conventional indicators …

Background: Measuring undernutrition using composite index of anthropometric failure
(CIAF) and identifying its determinants in tribal regions is essential to recognize the true …

Being a developing nation, rural India is still facing a serious health problem in form of
undernutrition particularly among young children. To optimize this problem, the Central …

Since independence, one of the greatest problems facing India is malnutrition among under
five year old children. However, there exists scanty information of the prevalence of …