Nutritional status of tribal and non-tribal adults in rural Bangladesh: A comparative study.

Md Reazul KarimAbu Sayed Md Al MamunMd Ripter HossainMd Nurul IslamMd Masud RanaMd Abdul WadoodKaushik BosePremananda BharatiMd Golam Hossain

Published in: PloS one (2023)

The prevalence of over-nutrition among NT is higher than T for both sexes. Some socio-economic and demographic factors were found as predictors of malnutrition. At least 12 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) contain indicators that are highly related to nutrition, our findings can help Bangladesh Government for achieving SDGs by 2030. Appropriate nutritional intervention and awareness programmes can be initiated by the Government to ameliorate the burden of malnutrition among adults in the country.

Keyphrases

physical activity
risk factors
randomized controlled trial
public health
drug induced