Open Access<p>Stagnant Stunting Rate despite Rapid Economic Growth</p><p>—An Analysis of Cross Sectional Survey Data of Undernutrition among Children under Five in Papua New Guinea</p>
Author(s) -
Xiaohui Hou
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
aims public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2327-8994
DOI - 10.3934/publichealth.2016.1.25
Subject(s) - underweight , wasting , malnutrition , logistic regression , socioeconomic status , cross sectional study , demography , odds , medicine , environmental health , geography , body mass index , population , overweight , pathology , sociology , endocrinology
Maternal and child under-nutrition is a pervasive and detrimental condition in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Despite the rapid economic growth during the past decade, the stunting rate for children under 5 has remained at 46 percent in PNG.