Is there an association between parental education level and the risk of malnutrition among children? JAMANetworkOpen Tsinghua_Uni ParentalEducation Malnutrition MalnutritionRisk
By Bhavana KunkalikarJan 27 2023Reviewed by Aimee Molineux In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers assessed the correlation between parental education level and the risk of malnutrition among children and parents.
The team performed a cross-sectional analysis utilizing the most recent Directorate of Health Services data recorded between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2021. Using a comprehensive, standardized questionnaire, the cross-sectional surveys obtained socioeconomic, demographic, and health data related to parents and their children.
Results The team identified 42,3340 mother-child pairs belonging to 45 countries using DHS information. The average age of mother-child pairings was 28.2 years. Additionally, there were a total of 2,07,573 mother-child pairings suffering from DBM. At the same time, 1,77,083 had simultaneous undernutrition of the mother and the child, and 56,020 reported overnutrition of the mother and undernutrition of the child.
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