Are overweight and obesity in children risk factors for anemia in early childhood? Results from a national nutrition survey in Tajikistan

Autor: Leticia Grize, Kaspar Wyss, Marita Crivelli, Thomas Aebi, Barbara Matthys, Elisabeth Zemp
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: International Journal of Public Health. 63:491-499
ISSN: 1661-8564
1661-8556
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-018-1088-4
Popis: To assess the association between overweight/obesity and anemia in early childhood in Tajikistan. Using a two-stage-cluster sampling, a representative sample of 1342 children (48.7% girls) aged 25–60 months was included in a nationwide survey in Tajikistan in 2009. Weight status was defined by age- and gender-specific body mass index, anemia by hemoglobin
Databáze: OpenAIRE