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Risk factors for stunting among children under five years: a cross-sectional population-based study in Rwanda using the 2015 Demographic and Health Survey.

Alphonse NshimyiryoBethany Hedt-GauthierChristine MutaganzwaCatherine M KirkKathryn BeckAlbert NdayisabaJoel MubiligiFredrick KateeraZiad El-Khatib
Published in: BMC public health (2019)
Family-level factors are major drivers of children's growth stunting in Rwanda. Interventions to improve the nutrition of pregnant and lactating women so as to prevent low birth weight babies, reduce poverty, promote girls' education and intervene early in cases of malnutrition are needed.
Keyphrases
  • low birth weight
  • preterm infants
  • young adults
  • physical activity
  • human milk
  • preterm birth
  • healthcare
  • polycystic ovary syndrome
  • type diabetes
  • quality improvement
  • gestational age
  • heat stress