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. 2015 Oct;11(4):973-86.
doi: 10.1111/mcn.12029. Epub 2013 Jan 15.

Decomposition of childhood malnutrition in Cambodia

Thankam S Sunil  1 , Marguerite Sagna  2
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Decomposition of childhood malnutrition in Cambodia

Thankam S Sunil et al. Matern Child Nutr. 2015 Oct.

Abstract

Childhood malnutrition is a major problem in developing countries, and in Cambodia, it is estimated that approximately 42% of the children are stunted, which is considered to be very high. In the present study, we examined the effects of proximate and socio-economic determinants on childhood malnutrition in Cambodia. In addition, we examined the effects of the changes in these proximate determinants on childhood malnutrition between 2000 and 2005. Our analytical approach included descriptive, logistic regression and decomposition analyses. Separate analyses are estimated for 2000 and 2005 survey. The primary component of the difference in stunting is attributable to the rates component, indicating that the decrease of stunting is due mainly to the decrease in stunting rates between 2000 and 2005. While majority of the differences in childhood malnutrition between 2000 and 2005 can be attributed to differences in the distribution of malnutrition determinants between 2000 and 2005, differences in their effects also showed some significance.

Keywords: child growth; child nutrition; international child health nutrition; low income countries; nutrition; socio-economic factors.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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