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Table 4 Contributing factors for coexisting forms of malnutrition (N = 15)

From: A review of the prevalence, trends, and determinants of coexisting forms of malnutrition in neonates, infants, and children

Author name (Year)

Country

Malnutrition type

Contributing factors for coexisting forms of malnutrition

Age

Sex

Birth size & birthweight

Birth interval and birth order

Food and diet

Health and disease status

Health insurance

Antenatal consultations

Parent’s education

Maternal occupation

Parental obesity & short stature

Maternal age

Socioeconomic stratus

Family size

Water, sanitation, and toilet

Region

Florencio, et al., (2001)

Brazil

CUW

✓

               

Fernald & Neufeld (2007)

Mexico

CSO

✓

✓

              

Severi & Moratorio, (2014)

Uruguay

CSO

✓

       

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

   

Rachmi, et al., (2016)

Indonesia

CSO

✓

   

✓

     

✓

    

✓

Saaka & Galaa (2016)

Ghana

CWS

✓

✓

              

Zhang, et al., (2016)

China

CSO

✓

✓

    

✓

 

✓

   

✓

  

✓

Garenne, et al., (2018)

Senegal

CWS

✓

✓

   

✓

          

Fongar, et al., (2019)

Kenya

CSO

✓

✓

      

✓

   

✓

   

Islam & Biswas, (2019)

Bangladesh

CFUa

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

✓

 

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

✓

 

✓

Yasmin, et al., (2019)

Indonesia

CSO

✓

✓

  

✓

   

✓

 

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

✓

Ferreira, (2020)

Brazil

CWS

✓

✓

              

Benedict, et al., (2020)

Thailand

CSO

✓

✓

      

✓

   

✓

✓

 

✓

Farah, et al., (2021)

Ethiopia

CSO

✓

✓

✓

 

✓

✓

  

✓

   

✓

 

✓

✓

Roba, et al., (2021)

Ethiopia

CWS

✓

✓

   

✓

        

✓

 

Khaliq, et al., (2021)

Pakistan

CUW

CUS

CUWS

CSO

✓

✓

      

✓

✓

  

✓

✓

 

✓

  1. CWS Coexistence of wasting with stunting, CFU Coexisting forms of undernutrition, CSO Coexistence of overweight/obesity with stunting, COM Coexistence of overweight/obesity with micronutrient related malnutrition
  2. aIslam & Biswas (2019) assessed the determinants of coexistence of underweight with wasting (CUW), the coexistence of underweight with stunting (CUS), and coexistence of underweight with wasting and stunting (CUWS), jointly. Thus, they assessed the determinants of coexisting forms of undernutrition, i.e., CFU