Wasting and its associated factors among children aged from 6 to 59 months in Debre Tabor town, Amhara region of Ethiopia, 2019: a multicentre community-based cross-sectional study.
Bisrat Dessie GetuKefyalew Amogne AzanawLibsuye Yalgaw ZimamuGashaw Mekete AdalNigusie Selomon TibebuTigabu Dessie EmiruKendalem Asmare AtalellPublished in: BMJ open (2023)
Wasting is still an important public health problem for children in the age group of 6-59 months. The age of the child, the wealth status of the family, and giving birth before 20 years of age were significantly associated with wasting. Therefore, the government of Ethiopia should pay further attention to the wealth status of the family; create awareness among the mothers regarding childhood undernutrition care, and design further nutritional intervention programmes.