Stunting and wasting rates among pre-school age children in Yangon and Ayeyarwady, October–November 2023

The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 and the military takeover of the democratically elected government in early 2021 has largely prevented the implementation of in-person surveys necessary for the collection of anthropometric data. To redress this knowledge gap, we implemented an in-person survey of mo...

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Autor principal: Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145256
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description The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 and the military takeover of the democratically elected government in early 2021 has largely prevented the implementation of in-person surveys necessary for the collection of anthropometric data. To redress this knowledge gap, we implemented an in-person survey of mothers (caregivers) and young children in urban and peri-urban Yangon and rural Ayeyarwady in October and November 2023. This in-person 11th round of the Rural-Urban Food Security Survey (RUFSS) involved data collection on a wide range of socioeconomic indicators, but also child anthropometric outcomes such as length and weight. In this study, we report results for height-for-age z scores (HAZ) and weight-for-height z scores (WHZ) relative to international reference standards, as well as stunting (HAZ < -2) and wasting (WHZ < -2). Because of high and rising rates of overweight/obesity among adults in the RUFSS survey, we also examined the number of children were overweight (WHZ > +2) and mildly overweight (+1 <WHZ< +2).
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spelling CGSpace1452562025-11-06T05:24:07Z Stunting and wasting rates among pre-school age children in Yangon and Ayeyarwady, October–November 2023 Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity stunting wasting disease (nutritional disorder) preschool children data The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 and the military takeover of the democratically elected government in early 2021 has largely prevented the implementation of in-person surveys necessary for the collection of anthropometric data. To redress this knowledge gap, we implemented an in-person survey of mothers (caregivers) and young children in urban and peri-urban Yangon and rural Ayeyarwady in October and November 2023. This in-person 11th round of the Rural-Urban Food Security Survey (RUFSS) involved data collection on a wide range of socioeconomic indicators, but also child anthropometric outcomes such as length and weight. In this study, we report results for height-for-age z scores (HAZ) and weight-for-height z scores (WHZ) relative to international reference standards, as well as stunting (HAZ < -2) and wasting (WHZ < -2). Because of high and rising rates of overweight/obesity among adults in the RUFSS survey, we also examined the number of children were overweight (WHZ > +2) and mildly overweight (+1 <WHZ< +2). 2024-06-14 2024-06-14T16:33:27Z 2024-06-14T16:33:27Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145256 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145249 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity. 2024. Stunting and wasting rates among pre-school age children in Yangon and Ayeyarwady, October–November 2023. Myanmar SSP Research Note 109. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145256
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Stunting and wasting rates among pre-school age children in Yangon and Ayeyarwady, October–November 2023
title Stunting and wasting rates among pre-school age children in Yangon and Ayeyarwady, October–November 2023
title_full Stunting and wasting rates among pre-school age children in Yangon and Ayeyarwady, October–November 2023
title_fullStr Stunting and wasting rates among pre-school age children in Yangon and Ayeyarwady, October–November 2023
title_full_unstemmed Stunting and wasting rates among pre-school age children in Yangon and Ayeyarwady, October–November 2023
title_short Stunting and wasting rates among pre-school age children in Yangon and Ayeyarwady, October–November 2023
title_sort stunting and wasting rates among pre school age children in yangon and ayeyarwady october november 2023
topic stunting
wasting disease (nutritional disorder)
preschool children
data
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145256
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