Table 2.
Annual rate of reduction/increase in prevalence of thinness (BMI < 18.5 kg/m2) and overweight (BMI ≥ 23 kg/m2) and height less than 145 cm among married nulliparous adolescents and young women, South Asia.
| Overall | Adolescents (15–19 years) | Young women (20–24 years) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | N | <18.5 kg/m2 (%) | ≥ 23 kg/m2 (%) | Less than 145 cm (%) | N | <18.5 kg/m2 (%) | ≥ 23 kg/m2 (%) | Less than 145 cm (%) | N | <18.5 kg/m2 (%) | ≥ 23 kg/m2 (%) | Less than 145 cm (%) | |
| Bangladesh | DHS 2018 | 1,048 | 20.4 | 29.7 | 12.7 | 648 | 24.7 | 21.7 | 9.7 | 400 | 13.3 | 43.2 | 17.8 |
| DHS 2022 | 503 | 18.2 | 32.4 | 5.7 | 328.0 | 20.8 | 28.9 | 5.5 | 175.0 | 13.1 | 39.0 | 6.1 | |
| Change | (2.9) | 2.2 | (18.3) | (4.2) | 7.4 | (13.3) | (0.3) | (2.5) | (23.6) | ||||
| India | DHS 2016 | 22,515 | 29.9 | 17.1 | 11.9 | 9,072 | 35 | 10.9 | 13.1 | 13,443 | 26.3 | 21.4 | 11.1 |
| DHS 2021 | 18,388 | 25.9 | 22.2 | 12.3 | 6,520 | 31.6 | 14.4 | 14.9 | 11,868 | 22.4 | 26.8 | 10.7 | |
| Change | (2.8) | 5.4 | 0.7 | (2.0) | 5.7 | 2.6 | (3.2) | 4.6 | (0.7) | ||||
| Maldives | DHS 2009 | 346 | 26.4 | 35.4 | 6.6 | 57 | 27.2 | 31.3 | 5.6 | 289 | 26.2 | 36.1 | 6.8 |
| DHS 2017 | 253 | 15.9 | 55.1 | 2.5 | 28 | 22.4 | 66.4 | 7.6 | 225 | 15.3 | 54.1 | 2.1 | |
| Change | (6.1) | 5.7 | (11.4) | (2.4) | 9.9 | 3.9 | (6.5) | 5.2 | (13.7) | ||||
| Nepal | DHS 2016 | 286 | 23.3 | 19.5 | 10.9 | 141 | 30.9 | 9.4 | 13.4 | 145 | 16.3 | 28.9 | 8.7 |
| DHS 2022 | 249 | 22.4 | 17.9 | 9.4 | 128 | 23.9 | 15.3 | 6.5 | 121 | 21 | 20.4 | 12.1 | |
| Change | (0.7) | (1.4) | (2.4) | (4.2) | 8.5 | (11.4) | 4.3 | 5.6 | 5.7 | ||||
| Pakistan | DHS 2013 | 215 | 17.6 | 27.2 | 8.1 | 82 | 18 | 16 | 13.7 | 133 | 17.3 | 34.3 | 4.6 |
| DHS 2018 | 240 | 14.6 | 45.3 | 6.6 | 90 | 19.6 | 41.3 | 11.8 | 150 | 12.2 | 47.1 | 4.2 | |
| Change | (3.7) | 10.7 | (4.0) | 1.7 | 20.9 | (2.9) | (6.7) | 6.5 | (1.8) | ||||
| Sri Lanka | DHS 2016 | 391 | 18.4 | 43.3 | 5.5 | 94 | 22.9 | 37.5 | 6.4 | 297 | 17 | 45.2 | 5.2 |
| Pooled | Earlier round | 24,410 | 27.6 | 19.7 | 11.8 | 10,000 | 31.8 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 14,410 | 24.2 | 24.7 | 11.4 |
| Latest round | 20,024 | 24.4 | 24.8 | 11.3 | 7,188 | 29.5 | 17.9 | 13.4 | 12,836 | 21.1 | 29.2 | 9.9 | |
Pooled estimates for the earlier round do not include Sri Lanka as the survey was not conducted. Figures in parenthesis are AARR. Figures without parenthesis are AARI.