Nutritional Status of Children Aged Between 6-59 Months in Mlimba Division, Kilombero District, Tanzania: Examining the Prevalence and Risk Factors

Kavana N. J.

Department of Medical Parasitology and Entomology, St. Francis University College of Health and Allied Sciences, Ifakara, Tanzania

Dr. Kavana N. J., Department of Medical Parasitology and Entomology, St. Francis University College of Health and Allied Sciences, Ifakara, Tanzania.

Keywords: Protein Energy Malnutrition; Anthropometrical Index; Underweight; Wasting; Stunting; Mlimba

Abstract

Background
Child malnutrition remains a major public health problem in developing countries and major contributor to global disease burden. Malnutrition is often a part of a vicious cycle of poverty, illiteracy and infections.
Childhood malnutrition is as a result of several factors that are often related to inadequate dietary intake, poor food quality and recurrent infectious diseases like diarrhoea, and lower respiratory tract infections.
Objectives
To determine the prevalence of childhood malnutrition and its associated factors among children aged 6-59 months in Mlimba division, Kilombero district, Tanzania.

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