Exploring the determinants of malnutrition in 2–5 year Iranian children using structural equation modeling: national food and nutrition surveillance
Our findings using SEM approach provided more concrete evidence for the effect of the household's SES on child's nutritional status. Nevertheless, we still need to monitor the studied population in the context of our surveillance program to document more conclusive causal associations.
Authors
- Hamid Rasekhi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6809-1100)
- Samira Ebrahimof
- Mina Minaie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0285-5523)
- Delaram Ghodsi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4581-5038)
- Maryam Amini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5279-213X)
- Samira Rabiei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3606-8969)
- Zahra Abdollahi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4711-4510)
- Bahareh Nikooyeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0823-7593)
- Tirang R. Neyestani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0953-2594)
- Zahra Yari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2796-2413)
Institutions
- National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute (IR)
- Ministry of Health and Medical Education (IR)
- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2024-12-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20931-w
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.31
Funders
- UNICEF