Sajid Bashir Soofi, Ahmad Khan, Sumra Kureishy, Imtiaz Hussain, Muhammad Atif Habib, Muhammad Umer, Shabina Ariff, Muhammad Sajid, Arjumand Rizvi, Imran Ahmed, Junaid Iqbal, Khawaja Masuood Ahmed, Abdul Baseer Khan Achakzai, Zulfiqar A Bhutta
INTRODUCTION: Child stunting remains a public health concern. It is characterized as poor cognitive and physical development in children due to inadequate nutrition during the first 1000 days of life. Across south Asia, Pakistan has the second-highest prevalence of stunting. This study assessed the most recent nationally representative data, the National Nutrition Survey (NNS) 2018, to identify the stunting prevalence and determinants among Pakistani children under five. METHODS: The NNS 2018, a cross-sectional household-level survey, was used to conduct a secondary analysis...
August 7, 2023: Nutrients