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FAO - Nutrition country profiles: Bangladesh 1999

Year of publication 1999

Pages 34 p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Rates of malnutrition in Bangladesh are among the highest in the world. More than 54% of preschool-age children, equivalent to more than 9.5 million children, are stunted, 56% are underweight and more than 17% are wasted (Maps 2, 3 and 4 ). Although all administrative divisions were affected by child malnutrition there were important differences in the prevalences of the three anthropometric indicators. The prevalence of underweight ranged from 49.8% in Khulna to 64.0% in Sylhet which also showe d the highest prevalence of stunting (61.4%) and wasting (20.9%). Despite the high levels, rates of stunting have declined steadily over the past 10 years.

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