Question

Tendency of malnutrition between urban and rural area

Answer 1

Results: The prevalence of underweight (<-2SD) was 8% in urban as compared to 23% in rural children. The prevalence of stunting and thinness was 14.8% and 6.1% in urban children and 16.6% and 25.9% in rural children. There were 14% urban children and 10% rural chil- dren who were overweight.