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cross-sectional·nutrition, dietetics, public health, pediatrics, epidemiology·PMC10069579

Nutritional and dietary diversity status of under-5 children and adolescent girls among forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals living in Bhasan Char relocation camp, Bangladesh: a cross-sectional survey

BMJ Open · 9 authors, 3 centres

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Limitations include the brief data collection period and potential recall bias from the 24-hour dietary recall method.

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Limitations include the brief data collection period and potential recall bias from the 24-hour dietary recall method. The findings highlight the urgent need for targeted nutrition programs and diversified food rations for this displaced population.

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nutrition

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PMC10069579

Nutritional and dietary diversity status of under-5 children and adolescent girls among forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals living in Bhasan Char relocation camp, Bangladesh: a cross-sectional survey

BMJ Open

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Objective To generate baseline evidence regarding the nutritional and dietary diversity status of under-5 children and adolescent girls among forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals (FDMN) relocated to Bhasan Char relocation camp of Bangladesh. Design Cross-sectional survey. Setting Bhasan Char relocation camp, Bangladesh, 7 November 2021–12 November 2021. Participants 299 under-5 children (both male and female) and 248 adolescent girls (11-17 years) were surveyed. Outcome measures Anthropometric indices and nutritional status of the study participants. Results Nearly 17% of the adolescent girls were suffering from severe thinness/thinness, while 5% were overweight/obese. Severe thinness was more prevalent (2% vs 3.9%) in older adolescents (15–17 years) than their younger counterparts (11–14 years). The prevalence of severe stunting and stunting in adolescents were 14% (95% CI 11.21 to 16.87%) and 29% (95% CI 25.93 to 31.59%), respectively. One-third of the surveyed under-5 children were severely (8.50% (95% CI 5.60 to 11.33%)) or moderately (23.08% (95% CI 20.24 to 25.90%)) stunted, 27% were either severely (4.43% (95% CI 1.60 to 7.27%)) or moderately (22.98% (95% CI 20.15 to 25.81%)) underweight and 12% were severely (1.21% (95% CI 0.00 to 4.04%)) or moderately (10.88% (95% CI 8.05 to 13.72%)) wasted. The prevalence of moderate and severe acute malnutrition in children was low. Surveyed adolescents took a mean of 3.10 (SD 1.03) of nine food groups and 25% (95% CI 22.97 to 28.64%) of under-5 children took minimum diversified diet. The survey respondents mostly consumed carbohydrate-based poorly diversified diets. Nutritional status of the participants did not show any statistically significant association to the dietary diversity status. Conclusion A significant number of surveyed under-5 children and adolescent girls of relocated FDMN living in Bhasan Char of Bangladesh were suffering from thinness, stunting, underweight and wasting. Dietary diversity was poor among the surveyed population.

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Subhasish Das, Shah Mohammad Fahim, Md Golam Rasul et al.. Nutritional and dietary diversity status of under-5 children and adolescent girls among forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals living in Bhasan Char relocation camp, Bangladesh: a cross-sectional survey. BMJ Open. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068875

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Subhasish Das, Shah Mohammad Fahim, Md Golam Rasul, Sazia Afrin, Md Ashraful Alam, Mahabub Uz Zaman, Morseda Chowdhury, Shams El Arifeen, Tahmeed Ahmed

1Nutrition and Clinical Services Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2Health, Nutrition and Population Programme, BRAC, Dhaka, Bangladesh
3Maternal and Child Health Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh