Table 3.
Nutritional statuses of mothers and children and the prevalence of the double burden of malnutrition among mother–child pair in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia (N = 661).
| Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stunting | Yes | 210 | 31.8 |
| No | 451 | 68.2 | |
| Wasting | Yes | 57 | 8.6 |
| No | 604 | 91.4 | |
| Underweight | Yes | 85 | 12.9 |
| No | 576 | 87.1 | |
| underweight mothers | Yes | 97 | 14.7 |
| No | 564 | 85.3 | |
| Normal | Yes | 415 | 62.8 |
| No | 246 | 37.2 | |
| Overweight/obese mothers | Yes | 149 | 22.5 |
| No | 512 | 77.5 | |
| Overweight/obese mothers with stunting child | Yes | 31 | 4.7 |
| No | 630 | 95.3 | |
| Overweight/obese mothers with wasting child | Yes | 19 | 2.9 |
| No | 642 | 97.1 | |
| Overweight/obese mothers with underweight child | Yes | 28 | 4.2 |
| No | 633 | 95.8 | |
| Overweight/obese children with underweight mothers | Yes | 21 | 3.2 |
| No | 640 | 96.8 | |
| Overall double burden of malnutrition | Yes | 96 | 14.5 |
| No | 565 | 85.5 |