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<Articles><Article><Journal><PublisherName></PublisherName><JournalTitle>International Journal of Preventive Medicine (Int J Prev Med)</JournalTitle><Issn>2008-7802</Issn><Volume>12</Volume><Issue>7</Issue><PubDate PubStatus="epublish"><Year>2021</Year><Month>10</Month><Day>18</Day></PubDate></Journal><title locale="en_US">The Prevalence Rate of Malnutrition in Children Younger than 5 in Iran in  2018</title><FirstPage>2489</FirstPage><LastPage>2489</LastPage><Language>EN</Language><AuthorList><Author><affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Community  Medicine, Medical School,  Isfahan University of Medical  Sciences, Isfahan</affiliation></Author><Author><affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Community  Medicine, Medical School,  Isfahan University of Medical  Sciences, Isfahan</affiliation></Author><Author><affiliation locale="en_US">Department of Community  Medicine, Medical School,  Isfahan University of Medical  Sciences, Isfahan</affiliation></Author></AuthorList><History><PubDate PubStatus="received"><Year>2021</Year><Month>10</Month><Day>16</Day></PubDate></History><abstract locale="en_US">Context: The first stage of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) was founded Iran to achieve better access to needed health services. Aims: The aim of present study was to illustrate the prevalence rate of malnutrition’s subtypes in under 5‑year old children after UHC in comparison with before that. Settings and Design: In a cross‑sectional study in 2018, anthropometric indices of 970 under 5 years old children in rural and small towns of Isfahan province were gathered from their health files by cluster randomized sampling method. Methods: Children whose weight for age, height for age, and weight for height were lower than ‑2SD based on Z score, were marked as underweight, stunting, and wasting, respectively. Children, whose weight for age was upper than +2SD, were marked as overweight. Statistical Analysis Used: The T‑test, Chi‑square, and logistic regression tests were used for determination of association between malnutrition’s subtypes and demographic variables. Results: A total of 78 (8.04%) of under 5 years old children were wasting, 74 (7.63%) were underweight, and 82 (8.45%) were stunting. Also, 12 (1.23%) of the children from the same group were overweight. Conclusions: The prevalence rate of underweight and stunting in under 5 years old children were less than before UHC implementation period. The prevalence rate of overweight children below 5 in Isfahan province’s villages and small towns was low.</abstract><web_url>http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/view/2489</web_url><pdf_url>http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/download/2489/717718329</pdf_url></Article></Articles>
