Changing sex differences in undernutrition of African children: findings from Demographic and Health Surveys

Authors :: André Briend
Tanya Khara
Susan Thurstans
Mark Myatt
Michel Garenne
Andrew Seal
Carmel Dolan
Jonathan C. K. Wells
Tampere University
Clinical Medicine
Source :: Garenne, M, Thurstans, S, Briend, A, Dolan, C, Khara, T, Myatt, M, Seal, A & Wells, J C 2022, ' Changing sex differences in undernutrition of African children: Findings from Demographic and Health Surveys ', Journal of Biosocial Science, vol. 54, no. 5, pp. 847-857 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932021000468
Publication Year :: 2021
Publisher :: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2021.
Abstract: The study investigates sex differences in the prevalence of undernutrition in sub-Saharan Africa. Undernutrition was defined by Z-scores using the CDC-2000 growth charts. Some 128 Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) were analysed, totalling 700,114 children under-five. The results revealed a higher susceptibility of boys to undernutrition. Male-to-female ratios of prevalence averaged 1.18 for stunting (height-for-age Z-score Z-score Z-score Z-scores

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