Table 1.

Conceptual model for hierarchical analysis of factors associated with overweight and malnutrition

Distal	Block 1: Environmental and socio-economic
	Socio-economic variables
	Wealth index
	Household type
	House floor type
	Home ownership
	Receipt of benefits
	Food production for own consumption
	Environmental Variables
	Waste collection
	Presence of open sewage
	Presence of electric power supply
	Water well or drinking water treatment Toilet type
Intermediate	Block 2: Maternal and paternal characteristics
	Age
	Gender
	Marital status
	Skin colour
	Schooling
	Paid work
	Smoking
	Consumption of alcoholic beverages
	Time living in the municipality
	Maternal height
	Maternal body mass index
	Block 3: Gestational characteristics
	Number of pregnancies
	Pre-natal care
	Morbidity during pregnancy
	Block 4: Access to services and child care
	Living with biological parents
	Attending nursery or school
	Monitoring through health care service
Proximal	Block 5: Characteristics of child birth and breastfeeding
	Birth weight
	Duration of exclusive breastfeeding
	Duration of total breastfeeding
	Block 6: Morbidity
	Self-reported morbidities
	Hospitalisation at least once in life
	Diagnosis of anaemia
	Diagnosis of intestinal parasites

Adapted from UNICEF [20].