Double-burden of malnutrition among the indigenous peoples (Orang Asli) of Peninsular Malaysia

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Classifications of nutritional status of mother-child pairs

Classification	BMI_mother vs. WAZ_child	BMI_mother vs. HAZ_child	BMI_mother vs. WAZ/HAZ_child
1. Double burden household	OWOBM/UWC	OWOBM/STC	OWOBM/UWSTC
2. Mother normal/child normal	NWM/NWC	NWM/NHC	NWM/NWNHC
3. Mother normal/child undernutrition	NWM/UWC	NWM/STC	NWM/UWSTC
4. Mother overweight or obesity/child normal	OWOBM/NWC	OWOBM/NHC	OWOBM/NWNHC
5. Mother underweight/child normal	UWM/NWC	UWM/NHC	UWM/NWNHC
6. Mother underweight/child undernutrition	UWM/UWC	UWM/STC	UWM/UWSTC

OWOBM overweight or obese mother, NWM normal weight mother, UWM underweight mother, UWC, underweight child, NWC normal weight child, STC stunted child, NHC normal height child, UWSTC underweight or/and stunted child, NWNHC normal weight and height child

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