By Linda Smith | Director
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Some of the reasons nutrition and health workshops are needed in Nepal.
In general 46% of children age 6-59 months have anemia and 41% are stunted with 29% underweight.
Morbidity and Nutrition
Percentage of children aged 6-59 months with anemia 46 %
Percentage of children under-five with symptoms of ARI in the two weeks preceding the survey 5%
Percentage of children under-five with diarrhoea in the two weeks preceding the survey 14%
Percentage of children under-five with fever in the two weeks preceding the survey 19%
Percentage of babies with low birth weight
(36.3 % of all births had a reported birth weight) 5%
Percentage of babies with low birth weight (as perceived by mothers - babies not weighted ) 16%
Percentage of children under-five stunted (-2SD) 41%
Percentage of children under-five wasted (-2SD) 11%
Percentage of children under-five underweight (-2SD) 29%
Percentage of children under-five overweight 1%
No Data Available
Source: Nepal DHS
Trend in nutritional status
Morbidity and Nutrition
Source: Nepal DHS 2011
Notes:
Stunting = children under age five that fall below minus two standard deviations from the median height- for- age of the NCHS/WHO standard (moderate and severe)
Wasting = children under five that fall below minus two standard deviations from the median weight- fo-r height of the NCHS/WHO standard (moderate and severe)
Underweight = children under age five that fall below minus two standard deviations from the median weight- for- age of the NCHS/WHO standard (moderate and severe)
Overweight = children under age five that fall above plus two standard devliations from the median weight-for-height of the NCHS/WHO standard (moderate and severe)
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