Household Food Insecurity May Predict Underweightand Wasting among Children Aged 24-59 Months

作者：Abdurahman Ahmed A; Mirzaei Khadijeh^*; Dorosty Ahmed Reza; Rahimiforoushani A; Kedir Haji

来源：Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 2016, 55(5): 456-472.

DOI：10.1080/03670244.2016.1207069

• Ethiopia
• household food insecurity
• preschool children
• undernutrition

The aim of this study was to examine the association between household food insecurity and nutritional status among children aged 24-59months in Haromaya District. Children (N=453) aged 24-59months were recruited in a community-based cross-sectional survey with a representative sample of households selected by a multistage sampling procedure in Haromaya District. Household Food Insecurity Access Scale and anthropometry were administered. Multinomial logistic regression models were applied to select variables that are candidate for multivariable model. The prevalences of stunting, underweight, and wasting among children aged 24-59months were 61.1%, 28.1%, and 11.8%, respectively. The mean household food insecurity access scale score was 3.34, and 39.7% of households experienced some degree of food insecurity. By logistic regression analysis and after adjusting for the confounding factors, household food insecurity was significantly predictive of underweight (AOR=2.48, CI=1.17-5.24, p=.05) and chronic energy deficiency (AOR=0.47, CI=0.23-0.97, p=.04) and marginally significant for wasting (AOR=0.53, CI=0.27-1.03, p=.06). It is concluded that household food security improves child growth and nutritional status.

• 出版日期2016