Understanding correlates of child stunting in Ethiopia using generalized linear mixed models

K Takele, T Zewotir, D Ndanguza - BMC Public Health, 2019 - Springer
Background Stunting is an indicator of the devastating result of malnutrition in early
childhood. The effects of childhood stunting are irreparable physical and cognitive harm. It is …

Determinants of acute malnutrition among children aged 6–59 months in public hospitals, Oromia region, West Ethiopia: a case–control study

AB Ayana, TW Hailemariam, AS Melke - BMC Nutrition, 2015 - Springer
Background Acute malnutrition is a recent and severe weight loss as a result of acute food
shortage and/or illness. It is the leading causes of morbidity and mortality of children aged 6 …

[PDF][PDF] Prevalence and major contributors of child malnutrition in developing countries: systematic review and meta-analysis

NB Tebeje, GA Bikes, SM Abebe, ME Yesuf - J Child Obes, 2017 - researchgate.net
Abstract Introduction: Malnutrition Ignited from various underlying causes and inequalities
was part of the human phenomenon and daily encountering bad news. Children, pregnant …

Determinants of acute malnutrition among children aged 6–59 months visiting public health facilities in Gambella town, southwest Ethiopia: unmatched case–control …

GT Wie, D Tsegaye - Nutrition and Dietary Supplements, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Malnutrition is one of the main health problems facing children under five years
of age in developing countries. Undernutrition imposes significant costs on the Ethiopian …

Acute malnutrition among children aged 6–59 months of the nomadic population in Hadaleala district, Afar region, northeast Ethiopia

Z Gizaw, W Woldu, BD Bitew - Italian journal of pediatrics, 2018 - Springer
Background Acute malnutrition to be a major health burden in the world, particularly in the
developing world. Acute malnutrition is associated with more than one third of the global …

[PDF][PDF] Prevalence of stunting and associated factors among children aged 06–59 months in Southwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

MB Teferi, HY Hassen, A Kebede… - Journal of Nutritional …, 2016 - researchgate.net
Background The term malnutrition generally refers both to under nutrition and over nutrition,
but in this situation we use the term to refer solely to a deficiency of nutrition. Many factors …

Child wasting is a severe public health problem in the predominantly rural population of Ethiopia: A community based cross–sectional study

A Tariku, GA Bikis, H Woldie, MM Wassie… - Archives of Public …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background In Ethiopia, child wasting has remained a public health problem for a
decade's, suggesting the need to further monitoring of the problem. Hence, this study aimed …

Individual and community level factors with a significant role in determining child height-for-age Z score in East Gojjam Zone, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia: a …

ZA Alemu, AA Ahmed, AW Yalew, BS Birhanu… - Archives of Public …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background In Ethiopia, child undernutrition remains to be a major public health
challenge and a contributing factor for child mortality and morbidity. To reduce the problem …

[PDF][PDF] Prevalence of acute malnutrition (wasting) and associated factors among preschool children aged 36–60 months at Hawassa Zuria, South Ethiopia: a …

W Tsedeke, B Tefera, M Debebe - J Nutr Food Sci, 2016 - researchgate.net
Abstract Background: In Ethiopia, child malnutrition is one of the most serious public health
problem and the highest in the World. Many studies have focused on the relationship …

Determinants of acute undernutrition among pregnant women attending primary healthcare unit in Chinaksen District, Eastern Ethiopia: a case-control study

HA Adem, AA Usso, HJ Hebo, A Workicho, F Ahmed - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Background Women's undernutrition during pregnancy increases the risks and burdens of
maternal and neonatal morbidity, death, and disability through its vicious cycles of …