Prevalence and Correlates of Anthropometric Failure Among Children Aged 0-23 Months in India: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Cross-Sectional Survey (2019-2021).
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The present study assesses the burden of anthropometric failure in Indian children aged 0-23 months using the Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF). It additionally explores socio-economic, maternal, and child-specific determinants. Analyzing NFHS-5 (2019-2021) data, results show that 48% (95% CI: 47.6%, 48.3%) of children face at least one form of anthropometric failure, with stunting being the most prevalent. Children with low birth weight (AOR: 1.67, 95% CI: 1.60, 1.74), those born to undernourished mothers (AOR: 1.41, 95% CI: 1.36, 1.47), children from lower wealth quintiles (AOR: 1.76, 95% CI: 1.64, 1.88), and those who reportedly lack a minimum acceptable diet (AOR: 1.10, 95% CI: 1.01, 1.22) exhibited a higher prevalence of anthropometric failure. Addressing undernutrition necessitates multifaceted interventions targeting these determinants to improve child nutrition outcomes.
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Ecology of Food and Nutrition is an international journal of food and nutrition in the broadest sense. The journal publishes peer-reviewed articles on all aspects of food and nutrition -- ecological, biological, and cultural. Ecology of Food and Nutrition strives to become a forum for disseminating scholarly information on the holistic and cross-cultural dimensions of the study of food and nutrition. It emphasizes foods and food systems not only in terms of their utilization to satisfy human nutritional needs and health, but also to promote and contest social and cultural identity. The content scope is thus wide -- articles may focus on the relationship between food and nutrition, food taboos and preferences, ecology and political economy of food, the evolution of human nutrition, changes in food habits, food technology and marketing, food and identity, and food sustainability. Additionally, articles focusing on the application of theories and methods to address contemporary food and nutrition problems are encouraged. Questions of the relationship between food/nutrition and culture are as germane to the journal as analyses of the interactions among nutrition and environment, infection and human health.
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