Abstract
Background:This paper aimed to determine the socioeconomic and demographic determinants related to Body Mass Index (BMI) for children under five years in Sudan. The objective of the study was to identify the factors of BMI for under-five children.Methods:This study used the Sudan Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) conducted in the year 2014. The multinomial logistic regression model was adopted.Results:Results revealed that the prevalence of underweight infants under five years was 86.3% in females and 85.3% in males, while the proportion of the normal weight of infants under five years of age for males was slightly higher than females; there was a correlation amid geographic determinants, state, and BMI status. Also, there was a significant association between the mother’s education and body mass index status and the wealth index and body mass index status. The variables place of residence and sex did not show a statistically significant relationship with body mass index status for children under five years of age in Sudan.Conclusion:The risk factors significantly associated with body mass were the state, whether the child had ever been breastfed, sex, mother’s education, wealth index, and age in the month.
Highlights
This paper aimed to determine the socioeconomic and demographic determinants related to Body Mass Index (BMI) for children under five years in Sudan
The multinomial logistic regression models are an extension of the ordinary logistic models where we study a categorical response variable with more than two possible outcomes [14]
A basic approach of descriptive analysis, cross-tabulation, was performed adopting the tests of chi-square to explore the association between the response of body mass index and many categorical socio-economic, demographic, and geographic variables at the 5% level of significance
Summary
This paper aimed to determine the socioeconomic and demographic determinants related to Body Mass Index (BMI) for children under five years in Sudan. The objective of the study was to identify the factors of BMI for under-five children. Body Mass Index (BMI) is expressed as the square of a person's height divided by the person's weight in kilograms. This definition identifies weight categories that indicate health problems in an easy-to-use way. Children and teens have BMIs based on their age and gender. BMI relates more directly to fat measurements.
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