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Post-flood nutritional anthropometry of children in Matlab, Bangladesh.

Stewart, M. K.; Fauveau, V.; Chakraborty, J.; Briend, A.; Yunus, M.; Sarder, A. M.;

Ecology of Food and Nutrition Year: 1990 Vol: 24 Issue: 2 Pages: 121-131 Ref: 16 ref.

1990

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Post-flood nutritional anthropometry of children in Matlab, Bangladesh.

The Matlab area was severely affected by the floods of 1988 in Bangladesh. To assess the impact of flooding in Matlab the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, surveyed 600 households. In addition, length, weight and mid-upper arm circumference were measured in children 6 to 35 months old. Baseline economic status seemed to be higher inside the Matlab embankment, where the average material damage was worse. Anthropometry of children from inside and outside the embankment did not differ for degree of flood damage. There was also no difference in these indicators between October and December, when postharvest improvement would normally occur. Analysis of indicators of household socioeconomic status revealed landlessness and lack of maternal education as significantly associated with lower values in child anthropometry. Girls and those 12 to 36 months old also had a lower mean percentage of median anthropometric indices.