Using the Uganda National Panel Survey to analyze the effect of staple food consumption on undernourishment in Ugandan children

BMC Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Amaral, Michelle M ^a   Herrin, William E ^a   Gulere, Grace Bulenzi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b Uganda Bureau of Statistics   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Child nutrition; Logistic regression; Longitudinal data; Odds ratio; Random effects; Staple foods; Stunting; Uganda; Wasting

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CATERING SERVICE; DIET; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; UGANDA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UGANDA;

EID: 85027139682     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-017-4576-1     Document Type: Article

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