Stunting and wasting rates among pre-school age children in Yangon and Ayeyarwady, October–November 2023
| cg.authorship.types | CGIAR single centre | en |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | International Food Policy Research Institute | en |
| cg.contributor.crp | Policies, Institutions, and Markets | |
| cg.contributor.donor | United States Agency for International Development | en |
| cg.coverage.country | Myanmar | |
| cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2 | MM | |
| cg.coverage.region | Asia | |
| cg.coverage.region | Southern Asia | |
| cg.coverage.subregion | Yangon | |
| cg.coverage.subregion | Ayeyarwady | |
| cg.howPublished | Grey Literature | en |
| cg.identifier.project | IFPRI - Development Strategies and Governance Unit | |
| cg.identifier.project | IFPRI - Myanmar Strategy Support Program | |
| cg.identifier.publicationRank | Not ranked | |
| cg.number | 109 | en |
| cg.place | Washingon, DC | en |
| cg.reviewStatus | Internal Review | en |
| cg.subject.impactArea | Nutrition, health and food security | |
| dc.contributor.author | Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-06-14T16:33:27Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2024-06-14T16:33:27Z | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145256 | |
| dc.title | Stunting and wasting rates among pre-school age children in Yangon and Ayeyarwady, October–November 2023 | en |
| dcterms.abstract | The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 and the military takeover of the democratically elected government in early 2021 has largely prevented the implementation of in-person surveys necessary for the collection of anthropometric data. To redress this knowledge gap, we implemented an in-person survey of mothers (caregivers) and young children in urban and peri-urban Yangon and rural Ayeyarwady in October and November 2023. This in-person 11th round of the Rural-Urban Food Security Survey (RUFSS) involved data collection on a wide range of socioeconomic indicators, but also child anthropometric outcomes such as length and weight. In this study, we report results for height-for-age z scores (HAZ) and weight-for-height z scores (WHZ) relative to international reference standards, as well as stunting (HAZ < -2) and wasting (WHZ < -2). Because of high and rising rates of overweight/obesity among adults in the RUFSS survey, we also examined the number of children were overweight (WHZ > +2) and mildly overweight (+1 <WHZ< +2). | en |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
| dcterms.audience | Scientists | en |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity. 2024. Stunting and wasting rates among pre-school age children in Yangon and Ayeyarwady, October–November 2023. Myanmar SSP Research Note 109. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145256 | en |
| dcterms.extent | 16 p. | en |
| dcterms.isPartOf | IFPRI Myanmar SSP Research Note | en |
| dcterms.issued | 2024-06-14 | |
| dcterms.language | en | |
| dcterms.license | CC-BY-4.0 | |
| dcterms.publisher | International Food Policy Research Institute | en |
| dcterms.relation | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145249 | en |
| dcterms.subject | stunting | en |
| dcterms.subject | wasting disease (nutritional disorder) | en |
| dcterms.subject | preschool children | en |
| dcterms.subject | data | en |
| dcterms.type | Brief |