ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Nutr.
Sec. Clinical Nutrition
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fnut.2025.1564733
Associations between protein intake status and the association of "double burden of malnutrition" in children aged 2-5 years: A health and nutrition survey of selected children in Bengbu City, China
Provisionally accepted
- Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
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Background: Protein intake is widely recognized as a reliable marker for assessing malnutrition. The double burden of malnutrition (DBM) is characterized by the coexistence of malnutrition and overweight, obesity, or diet-related noncommunicable diseases in individuals, families, and populations throughout the life course. Methods: Children were categorized into quartiles based on the protein index. World Health Organization (WHO) Anthro software was used to assess child growth and development, enabling the prediction of DBM prevalence. Nutrient intake, the effect on DBM were assessed using both a multifactorial logistic regression model and a binary logistic regression correction model. Results: The prevalence of DBM increased with higher protein index quartiles. In the regression model, the risk of DBM was significantly higher in the second (Q2) and fourth (Q4) quartiles for both boys (Q2: 1.
Keywords: Double burden of malnutrition 1, obesity/overweight 2, wasting 3, stunting 4, preschool children 5
Received: 22 Jan 2025; Accepted: 23 Jun 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Zhu, Zhang, Li, Li, Zhu and Shu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Li Shu, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
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