Child Malnutrition and Poverty: The Case of Pakistan

Arif, G. M.; Farooq, Shujaat; Nazir, Saman; Satti, Maryam Naeem

doi:10.30541/v53i2pp.99-118

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“…The study illustrating this shows that this gender bias is related to family income and breast-feeding practices. 30 However, Bharati et al, 23 examined India's National Family Health Survey-2 data to assess the spatial distribution of nutritional status for children less than three years of age through Z-scores of weight-for-age, HAZ, and WAZ. Regression results show that the gender difference is not very pronounced, and becomes almost null when the effects of age and socio-demographic variables are removed.…”

Section: Sex Of the Childmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors Responsible for Childhood Malnutrition: A Review of The Literature

Ghosh¹

2020

Curr Res Nutr Food Sci

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Children are the future of any nation. A malnourished child is not only a problem of present-day society, but also an issue for the future. However, approximately one-third of the world’s children are malnourished. Malnourishment can be measured in terms of nutrition and weight. In general, people believe that a lack of money—that is, financial poverty—is the main reason for childhood malnutrition. Nevertheless, most studies addressing this topic report that socio-economic factors are the major cause of childhood malnutrition worldwide. This study analyses how some of these socio-economic factors affect childhood malnutrition and identifies the major steps taken by the authorities of different countries to eliminate these causes. A review of the literature shows that a mother’s knowledge of her children’s health, her education level, and her place of residence are some of the major factors impacting children’s nutrition level. A literature review shows that among all types of malnutrition measurements, stunting indicates the long-term impact of consistent malnutrition most effectively. The governments of several countries as well as international organisations are trying to overcome this problem through the implementation of various programs; however, more thorough intervention is required.

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Section: Sex Of the Childmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors Responsible for Childhood Malnutrition: A Review of The Literature

Ghosh¹

2020

Curr Res Nutr Food Sci

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“…8 Over 50% children in South Asia are malnourished. 9 Half of the world’s malnourished children reside in Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh. In South East Asia Pakistan has second highest infant and Childhood mortality.…”

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Impact of maternal education, employment and family size on nutritional status of children

Iftikhar¹,

Bari²,

Bano³

et al. 2017

Pak J Med Sci

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Objective:To determine the impact of maternal education, employment, and family size on nutritional status of children.Methods:It was case control study conducted at OPD of children Hospital Lahore, from September 2015 to April 2017. Total 340 children (170 cases and 170 controls) with age range of six months to five years along with their mothers were included. Anthropometric measurements were plotted against WHO growth Charts. 170 wasted (<-2 SD) were matched with 170 controls (≥ -2 SD). Maternal education, employment and family size were compared between the cases and control. Confounding variables noted and dichotomized. Univariate analysis was carried out for factors under consideration i.e.; Maternal Education, employment and family size to study the association of each factor. Logistic regression analysis was applied to study the independent association.Results:Maternal education had significant association with growth parameters; OR of 1.32 with confidence interval of (CI= 1.1 to 1.623). Employment status of mothers had OR of 1.132 with insignificant confidence interval of (CI=0.725 to 1.768). Family size had OR of one with insignificant confidence interval (CI=0.8 -1.21). Association remained same after applying bivariate logistic regression analysis.Conclusion:Maternal education has definite and significant effect on nutritional status of children. This is the key factor to be addressed for prevention or improvement of childhood malnutrition. For this it is imperative to launch sustainable programs at national and regional level to uplift women educational status to combat this ever increasing burden of malnutrition.

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“…The relationship between income poverty and stunting rates in Pakistan is not strong (Arif et al 2012), emphasising the need for nutritionspecific interventions, but also a need to make poverty reduction interventions more nutritionsensitive. In terms of poverty-related indicators that are more proximate to nutrition An important component of the NNS 2011 was an assessment of food security using standardised questionnaires.…”

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Seeing the Unseen: Breaking the Logjam of Undernutrition in Pakistan

Bhutta¹,

Gazdar²,

Haddad³

2013

IDS Bulletin

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After a lost decade, there is clearly a groundswell of momentum for nutrition in Pakistan, driven by a confluence of policy, evidence and events. This momentum needs to be sustained at the national level, reinforced at the provincial and sub‐provincial levels, and converted into action. The articles in this IDS Bulletin highlight some of the key features of undernutrition in Pakistan and its drivers. The correlates of undernutrition in Pakistan are no different than any other country: infection, poor diet quantity and quality, and unequal gender relations. High levels of poverty and fragility make the context for undernutrition reduction more difficult. Yet, the articles here also show that government nutrition interventions can work. But if the logjam of malnutrition in Pakistan is to be broken for good, malnutrition will have to be viewed as a development outcome – one that is a foundation for other outcomes such as economic growth and social cohesion – and this will only be achieved by viewing nutrition through a political‐economy lens.

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Child Malnutrition and Poverty: The Case of Pakistan

Cited by 27 publications

References 9 publications

Factors Responsible for Childhood Malnutrition: A Review of The Literature

Factors Responsible for Childhood Malnutrition: A Review of The Literature

Impact of maternal education, employment and family size on nutritional status of children

Seeing the Unseen: Breaking the Logjam of Undernutrition in Pakistan

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