Maternal Autonomy and Young Child Nutritional Status

Child Nutritional Status, Feeding Practices and Women’s Autonomy in Rural Andhra Pradesh, India

Nutritional status, maternal physique and reproductive efficiency.

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[Diagnosis of child and adolescent nutritional status]

OBJECTIVE: To present a review on the methods for the assessment of child and adolescent nutritional status, emphasizing anthropometry and the various methods for the assessment of body composition; pointing out their advantages, limitations and risks. METHODS: Chapters of textbooks, theses, and articles relevant to the topic, as well as personal files and authors previous publications were sel...

Maternal employment, child care, and nutritional status of 12-18-month-old children in Managua, Nicaragua.

Relationships among women's employment, child care strategies, and nutritional status of children 12-18 months of age were examined in 80 Nicaraguan households sampled by randomized block design in 10 low income urban communities. Multiple regression analyses showed that children of employed mothers (56%) fared better in weight/height than those whose mothers were not employed, with and without...

Association of Maternal and Child Nutritional Status in Brazil: A Population Based Cross-Sectional Study

BACKGROUND Although child undernutrition and stunting has been decreasing worldwide while obesity rates increase, these extreme conditions might coexist in families from low- and middle-income countries. We examined the association between maternal and child anthropometric indicators using a population representative sample. METHODS 4,258 non-pregnant women and their children <60 months who p...