Prevalence and determinants of stunting and wasting among public primary school children in Gondar town, northwest, Ethiopia

Getaneh, Zegeye; Melku, Mulugeta; Geta, Mekuanint; Melak, Tadele; Hunegnaw, Melkamu Tamir

doi:10.1186/s12887-019-1572-x

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“…This finding was lower than the EDHS-2016 report, 38% [ 24 ]. Similarly, the current study finding is lower than other indigenous studies of Jimma Zone, 24.1% [ 25 ], Gondar town, 46.1% [ 26 ], Humbo district, 57% [ 27 ], Mecha District, 37.9% [ 28 ], Arba Minch city, 41.9% [ 29 ], and southern Ethiopia, 28% [ 30 ]. This difference might be due to, the current study was done in the Bahir Dar city, where the health information, dissemination and communication extensively distributed to the communities, and the households might be entirely aware of the nutrition related issues via different mass media, which in fact might allow the pupils get regular balanced diet as per their parents’ income permit.…”

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“…Pupil’s age of 11 years and older were about sixteen times more likely to be stunted than the age group of 6 up to 8 years. This finding was supported by studies in Ethiopia [ 7 , 12 , 14 , 40 ], Tanzania [ 41 ], Nigeria [ 42 , 43 ], Iraq [ 44 ], Pakistan [ 38 , 45 ] Angola [ 5 ], and Indonesia [ 46 ]. This could probably be due to older children are in the transition life stage to adolescence when several unique challenges, including an increased body requirement for nutritional need are observed [ 47 ].…”

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“…Factors such as child age, family size, mother’s education, father’s occupation, and child’s immunization, public taps, tea drinking habit, anemia, born to a working and older mother, didn’t use a bed net, and illness of the child within the last 2 weeks have been associated with stunting [ 12 – 14 ].…”

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Prevalence of stunting and associated factors among public primary school pupils of Bahir Dar city, Ethiopia: School-based cross-sectional study

Bantie¹,

Aynie²,

Akenew

et al. 2021

PLoS ONE

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Background Stunting is a well-established child-health indicator of chronic malnutrition, which reliably gives a picture of the past nutritional history and the prevailing environmental and socioeconomic circumstances. Objective To investigate the prevalence of stunting and associated factors among public primary school children of the Bahir Dar city. Method A cross-sectional study was carried out from March to June 2019. Data were coded and entered into the Epi-Data and exported to SPSS version 23 software. The pupil was stunted if the height- for-age was ≤ -2 SDs from the median growth standards according to the WHO. A descriptive summary was computed using frequency, percent, mean, median and standard deviation. A simple logistic regression model was fitted to identify associated factors between the independent variables and the dependent variable at a 95% confidence interval (CI) and p-value <0.05. Results 370 primary school pupils were included in the study with the mean age of 10.15 (± 2.23 SD) years. 51.6% of the pupils were females. The total prevalence of stunting was 15.13% (95%CI; 11%, 19%). The burden of stunting was higher in the age group of 11 years and older. Pupil’s age older than 11 years (AOR = 15. 6; 95%CI; 3.31, 73.45; p-value < 0. 001) and male sex (AOR = 7. 07; 95%CI: 2.51, 19.89; p-value < 0. 0002) were significantly associated with stunting. Conclusion The prevalence of stunting was relatively lower than the regional estimated stunting level. Older age and male sex were significantly associated with stunting.

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Prevalence of stunting and associated factors among public primary school pupils of Bahir Dar city, Ethiopia: School-based cross-sectional study

Bantie¹,

Aynie²,

Akenew

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“…Despite the higher burden of malnutrition among school children [9][10][11][12], where stunting affects up to 49% of children in Ethiopia and where underweight accounted of 59% [13], the coverage of school feeding program was low.…”

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Body Mass Index and Associated Factors of School Absenteeism by School Feeding Program at Selected Primary Schools in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Comparative Study

Ayehu¹,

Sahile

2021

Scientifica

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Background. Quality of education plays a crucial role in the social, economic, and political development of a nation. Primary school is a vital stage in developing the personality and consciousness of school children. Objective. The study assessed the Body Mass Index and factors associated with School Absenteeism at selected primary schools in Addis Ababa, 2018. Methods. A comparative cross-sectional study was undertaken on 324 (162 each group) from selected primary schools of Addis Ababa from May 02 to July 30, 2018. All participants and their families provided written informed consent and assent. A systematic random sampling technique was used to select participants, where the list of students was once identified from the selected schools. An independent t-test was undertaken at p value <0.05 as the statistically significant level. And, binary logistics regression was used for the identification of factors statistically associated with school absenteeism, with its respective 95% confidence interval (CI) and p value of <0.05 significant level. Findings. There was a statistically significant difference between feeding and nonfeeding participants on average weight, school absenteeism, and BMI for age, at p < 0.05 . Participants who enrolled in the school feeding program had a higher average weight than nonfeeding participants ( p < 0.05 ). Participants from the feeding group had lower average school absenteeism than their counter participants ( p < 0.05 ). The average BMI for age was significantly higher among feeding participants than nonfeeding participants ( p < 0.05 ). The odds of having school absenteeism were 1.796 times higher among feeding participants than among nonfeeding participants (AOR: 1.796; 95CI:1.061–3.042, p < 0.05 ). The odds of sustaining absenteeism from the school were 2.257 times higher among feeding participants than among nonfeeding participants (AOR: 2.257; 95%CI: 1.291–3.948; p < 0.05 ). Conclusion. A higher number of school absenteeism, average weight, and BMI for age were observed in participants enrolled in the school feeding program than those who did not get enrolled in the feeding program. Large-scale studies were recommended to testify the impacts of school feeding on absenteeism.

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“…The prevalence of undernutrition was high in the region where this study was conducted. According to a study in Gondar Town 46.1% and 9% of primary school students were stunted and wasted, respectively [18].…”

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The relationship between school meals with thinness and stunting among primary school students, in Meket Wereda, Ethiopia: comparing schools with feeding and non-feeding program

Demilew

Nigussie

2020

BMC Nutr

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Background: Though undernutrition affects academic performance, significant number of Ethiopian school children have undernutrition. To avert nutritional problems the government in collaboration with the world food program has implemented a school feeding program. However, data on the nutritional status of primary school students were scarce in the country. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the relationship between school meals with thinness and stunting among primary school students in Meket Woreda and to identify associated factors. Methods: A school-based comparative cross-sectional study was conducted among 1091 students, from April 1-27, 2015. The study participants were selected using a multi-stage stratified sampling method. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Data entry and analysis were done using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 software. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression analyses were done. Anthropometric data were analyzed using Anthro-plus software. Results: In univariate analysis, thinness was commoner in nonschool feeding program schools (37.5%) compared to school feeding program schools (27.8%) but stunting was less common (48.3% versus 58.5%). However, after adjustment for confounding, there was no difference in stunting levels, but the adjusted odds ratio for thinness in nonschool feeding program schools was 2.6 (95% CI: (1.8, 3.8)) times higher than in school feeding program schools. Other independent risk factors for thinness were: having uneducated mother, being a male and taking meal once daily. Independent risk factors for stunting were ethnicity, having uneducated mother, un-piped water supply, taking meal once daily, type of diet and being a male. Conclusion: The provision of meals seems to offer considerable protection against thinness, though not against stunting. Thus, school meal program should be scaling up into schools in food insecure areas.

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Prevalence and determinants of stunting and wasting among public primary school children in Gondar town, northwest, Ethiopia

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Prevalence of stunting and associated factors among public primary school pupils of Bahir Dar city, Ethiopia: School-based cross-sectional study

Prevalence of stunting and associated factors among public primary school pupils of Bahir Dar city, Ethiopia: School-based cross-sectional study

Body Mass Index and Associated Factors of School Absenteeism by School Feeding Program at Selected Primary Schools in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Comparative Study

The relationship between school meals with thinness and stunting among primary school students, in Meket Wereda, Ethiopia: comparing schools with feeding and non-feeding program

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