Wasting and its associated factors among children aged from 6 to 59 months in Debre Tabor town, Amhara region of Ethiopia, 2019: a multicentre community-based cross-sectional study

Objectives Wasting is acute malnutrition that has harmful short-term consequences for children and is determined by an inadequate diet. This study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors of wasting among children aged 6–59 months in Debre Tabor town, Ethiopia.Design This study was a community-based cross-sectional.Setting The study was conducted at Debre Tabor town, Ethiopia.Participants A total of 436 children aged 6–59 months participants were enrolled.Outcome measures A weight-for-height z-score, which is below −2 SD of the WHO median standard curve, was used to measure wasting. Logistic regression analyses were done to see which independent variables have an association with the dependent variable and a p value of