Mining and Gender Gaps in India

Guimbeau, Amanda; Ji, James; Menon, Nidhiya; Rodgers, Yana van der Meulen

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3734749

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“…This may also lead to micronutrient deficiency in the long run and have adverse consequences on maternal and child health (50, 51). Also, noteworthy is the compounding risk of high salt exposure on adverse maternal and child health outcomes in this setting (52). This implies the promotion of healthy food consumption from early life is essential for the vulnerable coastal population.…”

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Nutritional status of a young adult population in saline-prone coastal Bangladesh

Mazumder

Rutherford

Rahman

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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IntroductionLike many low- and middle-income countries, understanding the nutritional status of the young population in Bangladesh has had less attention. With projected climate change and associated sea level rise, the existing problem of salinity in coastal Bangladesh will significantly increase and further worsen agrobiodiversity. This research aimed to examine the nutritional status of a young population in climate-vulnerable coastal Bangladesh to inform appropriate intervention strategies to reduce the burden on health and economic outcomes.MethodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2014, and anthropometric measures were conducted for 309 young people aged 19–25 years in a rural saline-prone subdistrict in southwestern coastal Bangladesh. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated from body height and weight, and data about socio-demographic factors were collected. To identify the socio-demographic risk factors affecting undernutrition (BMI <18.5 kg/m2) and overweight/obesity (BMI ≥ 25.0 kg/m2), multinomial logistic regression analysis was used.ResultsOverall, one-fourth of the study population was classified as underweight, and nearly one-fifth were overweight or obese. The proportion of underweight was significantly higher in women (32.5%) compared to that of men (15.2%). Overall, employment, especially in women, was associated with reduced odds of being underweight (adjusted odds ratio—aOR: 0.32; 95% confidence interval - CI: 0.11, 0.89). Subjects with secondary education incomplete (grades 6-9) compared to those with primary or below education (grades 0-5; aOR: 2.51; 95% CI: 1.12, 5.59) and employed compared to those unemployed groups (aOR: 5.84; 95% CI: 2.67, 12.74) were more likely to be overweight or obese in this study population. These associations were more pronounced in women.DiscussionMultisectoral program strategies are required to tackle the growing burden of malnutrition (both under and overweight) in this young age group tailored to local contexts including in climate-vulnerable coastal Bangladesh.

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Nutritional status of a young adult population in saline-prone coastal Bangladesh

Mazumder

Rutherford

Rahman

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Front. Public Health

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“…Finally, it is important to recognize that the sampling carried out by the CASEN for municipalities with a small population size might not be representative of the selected variables in the analysis and could therefore introduce bias into the estimates (Modrego and Berdegué, 2015). The smaller the population size of the municipality, the greater the measurement error bias, causing the results to converge in probability to a value close to 0 (Greene, 2012). When the measurement error is in the variables, a common correction is the use of instrumental variables.…”

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