Journal of Food: Microbiology, Safety & Hygiene
Open Access

Abstract

Alebachew Abebe*

Malnutrition at the early stages of life can lower child resistance to infections, increase child morbidity and mortality, and decrease mental development and cognitive achievement. Adequate nutrition is the keystone of survival, health and development not only the current generations but also the ones to come. Child malnutrition is a major public health problem in Ethiopia. The main objective of this study was investigating correlates of malnutrition on children under age five in Ethiopia, using Z-scores and multivariate logistic regression analysis. According to the data obtained from the 2014 Mini Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey (EDHS) the under-age five children were 4921 out of these we took a sample of 802 under age five children (421 male and 381 female). The study design was cross-section survey because the data were collected at a point of time. Descriptive and multivariate logistic regression model were used to estimate the respective indicators, and effects of factors on the malnutrition of the under-age five children.
Keywords: Child malnutrition; Z-scores; Multivariate logistic regression model; Under-weight ethiopia

Published Date: 2021-03-17; Received Date: 2021-02-24