Abstracto

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Child Malnutrition in Bangladesh

Mashfiqul Huq Chowdhury, Faijun Nahar Mim, Shamema Akhter Satu

This study attempts to examine the child malnutrition status and the prevalence and risk factors of child malnutrition of Bangladesh. Bi-variate and multivariate designs were employed to light on the objectives of the study. Research shows that 48.30% children are still malnourished in Bangladesh. Children residential status, mother’s education, household status, quality of sanitation, first birth age of mother’s, parents education and household wealth inequality are strongly associated with child malnutrition. Research ends by recommending that delaying respondent’s age at first birth, increasing media access, improving sanitation facility, reducing poverty and making health related services more available and accessible to the poor are essential to improve overall childhood health and nutritional status in Bangladesh.