The anthropometric assessment of body composition and nutritional status in children aged 2-15 years: A cross-sectional study from three districts in Bangladesh.

<h4>Background</h4>Early life nutrition plays a critical role in the development of better health and nutrition in adulthood. However, assessing the nutritional status of Bangladeshi children and adolescents through measurement of body composition using skinfold thickness is barely studi...

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Autores principales:	Md Kamruzzaman, Shah Arafat Rahman, Sharmin Akter, Humaria Shushmita, Md Yunus Ali, Md Adnan Billah, Md Sadat Kamal, M Toufiq Elahi, Dipak Kumar Paul
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a62450f36c124e82b251d1f0f14cbf7c2021-12-02T20:08:24ZThe anthropometric assessment of body composition and nutritional status in children aged 2-15 years: A cross-sectional study from three districts in Bangladesh.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0257055https://doaj.org/article/a62450f36c124e82b251d1f0f14cbf7c2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257055https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Background</h4>Early life nutrition plays a critical role in the development of better health and nutrition in adulthood. However, assessing the nutritional status of Bangladeshi children and adolescents through measurement of body composition using skinfold thickness is barely studied. The current study aims to determine children's body composition and nutritional status, and contributing factors among children aged 2 to 15 years in the northern part of Bangladesh.<h4>Methods</h4>This is a descriptive cross-sectional study done in Bangladesh. Anthropometric methods, including multiple skinfold thickness and basic anthropometric and socio-demographic characteristics, were used. Body composition was calculated from multiple skinfold thicknesses using the standard regression equation. Nutritional status was measured using Z score according to WHO 2007 reference standard. A total of 330 children from Naogaon, Bogra and Kurigram districts in Bangladesh were examined from April 2019 to September 2019.<h4>Results</h4>The Nutritional status of 2-15 years old child is exceedingly poor in the northern part of Bangladesh. Fat mass and fat-free mass were higher among children from Kurigram district than from Bogra and Naogaon district. Body fat percentages and arm fat area were greater among female children than males. The overall prevalence of stunting, underweight and wasting was around 25%, 32% and 29%, respectively, and the rate was higher among girls and children aged 2-5 years. The average SD score for weight-for-age, height-for-age, and BMI-for-age was -1.295, -0.937 and -1.009. The median weight-for-age and height-for-age Z scores of boys and girls were below the WHO reference percentile rank. Girls were twice (OR:1.951, CI:1.150-3.331) as likely to suffer from being underweight than boys. Children who don't practice handwashing are three times (OR:3.531, CI:1.657-7.525) more likely to be underweight. Children become underweight and stunted when their family income is not sufficient to maintain their nutritional requirements.<h4>Conclusions</h4>The children of the three northern districts had a poor nutritional status, and family income was the potential contributing factor. Therefore, interventions like the promotion of income-generating activities and integrated approaches to ensuring food diversification could be an option to address the nutritional problem of children of the three northern districts of Bangladesh.Md KamruzzamanShah Arafat RahmanSharmin AkterHumaria ShushmitaMd Yunus AliMd Adnan BillahMd Sadat KamalM Toufiq ElahiDipak Kumar PaulPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 9, p e0257055 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Md Kamruzzaman Shah Arafat Rahman Sharmin Akter Humaria Shushmita Md Yunus Ali Md Adnan Billah Md Sadat Kamal M Toufiq Elahi Dipak Kumar Paul The anthropometric assessment of body composition and nutritional status in children aged 2-15 years: A cross-sectional study from three districts in Bangladesh.
description	<h4>Background</h4>Early life nutrition plays a critical role in the development of better health and nutrition in adulthood. However, assessing the nutritional status of Bangladeshi children and adolescents through measurement of body composition using skinfold thickness is barely studied. The current study aims to determine children's body composition and nutritional status, and contributing factors among children aged 2 to 15 years in the northern part of Bangladesh.<h4>Methods</h4>This is a descriptive cross-sectional study done in Bangladesh. Anthropometric methods, including multiple skinfold thickness and basic anthropometric and socio-demographic characteristics, were used. Body composition was calculated from multiple skinfold thicknesses using the standard regression equation. Nutritional status was measured using Z score according to WHO 2007 reference standard. A total of 330 children from Naogaon, Bogra and Kurigram districts in Bangladesh were examined from April 2019 to September 2019.<h4>Results</h4>The Nutritional status of 2-15 years old child is exceedingly poor in the northern part of Bangladesh. Fat mass and fat-free mass were higher among children from Kurigram district than from Bogra and Naogaon district. Body fat percentages and arm fat area were greater among female children than males. The overall prevalence of stunting, underweight and wasting was around 25%, 32% and 29%, respectively, and the rate was higher among girls and children aged 2-5 years. The average SD score for weight-for-age, height-for-age, and BMI-for-age was -1.295, -0.937 and -1.009. The median weight-for-age and height-for-age Z scores of boys and girls were below the WHO reference percentile rank. Girls were twice (OR:1.951, CI:1.150-3.331) as likely to suffer from being underweight than boys. Children who don't practice handwashing are three times (OR:3.531, CI:1.657-7.525) more likely to be underweight. Children become underweight and stunted when their family income is not sufficient to maintain their nutritional requirements.<h4>Conclusions</h4>The children of the three northern districts had a poor nutritional status, and family income was the potential contributing factor. Therefore, interventions like the promotion of income-generating activities and integrated approaches to ensuring food diversification could be an option to address the nutritional problem of children of the three northern districts of Bangladesh.
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author	Md Kamruzzaman Shah Arafat Rahman Sharmin Akter Humaria Shushmita Md Yunus Ali Md Adnan Billah Md Sadat Kamal M Toufiq Elahi Dipak Kumar Paul
author_facet	Md Kamruzzaman Shah Arafat Rahman Sharmin Akter Humaria Shushmita Md Yunus Ali Md Adnan Billah Md Sadat Kamal M Toufiq Elahi Dipak Kumar Paul
author_sort	Md Kamruzzaman
title	The anthropometric assessment of body composition and nutritional status in children aged 2-15 years: A cross-sectional study from three districts in Bangladesh.
title_short	The anthropometric assessment of body composition and nutritional status in children aged 2-15 years: A cross-sectional study from three districts in Bangladesh.
title_full	The anthropometric assessment of body composition and nutritional status in children aged 2-15 years: A cross-sectional study from three districts in Bangladesh.
title_fullStr	The anthropometric assessment of body composition and nutritional status in children aged 2-15 years: A cross-sectional study from three districts in Bangladesh.
title_full_unstemmed	The anthropometric assessment of body composition and nutritional status in children aged 2-15 years: A cross-sectional study from three districts in Bangladesh.
title_sort	anthropometric assessment of body composition and nutritional status in children aged 2-15 years: a cross-sectional study from three districts in bangladesh.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/a62450f36c124e82b251d1f0f14cbf7c
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The anthropometric assessment of body composition and nutritional status in children aged 2-15 years: A cross-sectional study from three districts in Bangladesh.

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