Association between household food insecurity and nutritional outcomes among children in Northeastern of Peninsular Malaysia
Nutrition Research and Practice
;
: 304-311, 2014.
Article
in English
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:
The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between household food insecurity and nutritional status of children in low-income households. A cross sectional study involved a survey of households (n = 223) receiving the financial assistance. SUBJECTS/METHODS:
Eligible mothers that fulfilled the inclusion criteria such as non-pregnant, non-lactating mothers, aged 18 to 55 years with their youngest children aged 2 to 12 years, were purposively selected. The Radimer/Cornell hunger and food-insecurity instrument was administered and children's height and weight were measured.RESULTS:
About 16.1% of the households were food secure, while 83.9% experienced some kind of food insecurity. Out of food insecure category, 29.6% households were food insecure, 19.3% women were individual food insecure and 35.0% fell into the child hunger category. Education of the mother (P = 0.047), household size (P = 0.024), number of children (P = 0.024), number of children going to school (P = 0.048), total monthly income (P < 0.001), income per capital (P < 0.001), number of household members contributing to the income (P = 0.018) and food expenditure (P = 0.006) were significant risk factors for household food insecurity. The prevalence of underweight, stunting and wasting in children were 61.0%, 61.4% and 30.6% respectively. Based on multinomial logistic regression, children in food-insecure households were 2.15 times more likely to be underweight and three times to be stunted than children in the food-secure households.CONCLUSIONS:
The findings suggest that household food insecurity is associated with the nutritional status of the children in the rural area of Northeastern Peninsular Malaysia.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Thinness
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Logistic Models
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Family Characteristics
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Nutritional Status
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Prevalence
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Risk Factors
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Hunger
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Health Expenditures
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Education
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Food Supply
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Child
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Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Nutrition Research and Practice
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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