Determinants of Double Burden of Malnutrition Among School Children and Adolescents in Urban Dhaka: A Multi-Level Analyses

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Authors

Md. Tariqujjaman · International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research

Sifat Parveen Sheikh · International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research

George Davey Smith

A M Rumayan Hasan · International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research

Fatema Khatun · International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research

Ashraful Kabir · Monash University

Harunor Rashid · International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research

Abstract

Our results point to opportunities in and outside schools to address the rising prevalence of underweight, overweight, and obesity among urban school children.

Topics & Keywords

Child Nutrition and Water Access Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health and Nutrition

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: Frontiers in Public Health

Volume 10, pp. 926571-926571

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.926571

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