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Punjab 2017-18 Nutritional Status of Children Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey Anthropometric Malnutrition Indicators Stunting: SDG 2.2.1 Wasting: SDG 2.2.2 8 Stunting refers to a child who is too short for his or her age.

Stunting is the failure to grow both physically and cognitively and is the result of chronic or recurrent malnutrition.

32 Percentage children under-5 who are stunted Wasting refers to a child who is too thin for his or her height.
Wasting, or acute malnutrition, is the result of recent rapid weight loss or the failure to gain weight.

A child who is moderately or severely wasted has an increased risk of death, but treatment is possible.

Overweight: SDG 2.2.2 Underweight 2 Percentage children under-5 who are wasted 21 Overweight refers to a child who is too heavy for his or her height.
This form of malnutrition results from expending too few calories for the amount consumed from food and drinks and increases the risk of noncommunicable diseases later in life.

Percentage children under-5 who are overweight Underweight is a composite form of undernutrition that can include elements of stunting and wasting (i.e.

an underweight child can have a reduced weight for their age due to being too short for their age and/or being too thin for their height).
Percentage children under-5 who are underweight Anthropometric Malnutrition Indicators by Age 40 30 20 10 0 0 t n e c r e P 12 24 36 48 60 Age in months Stunting Overweight Wasting Underweight Percentage children who are underweight, stunted, wasted and overweight, by age in months Key Messages • • Nearly one third (31.5%) of children under age five are too short for their age.
These children are not too short because of genetics: they are stunted, which has both adverse physical and mental development effects.
One in every 5 children in Punjab is underweight for her or his age, and this underweight condition is most common among infants under age six months • Many children under age five years are also too thin for their height (every 13th child) • The effects of nutritional deprivation as measured by stunting can impaired cognitive (mental) be lifelong and may development, poor performance in school, and for females, difficulties in giving birth; higher likelihood of having a low birth weight baby include: Nutritional Status of Children: Disaggregates Stunting: SDG 2.2.1 Wasting: SDG 2.2.2 t n e c r e P 100 80 60 40 20 0 Rural, 34 Urban, 26 Punjab Punjab Poorest, 49 None, 42 Bahawalpur, 42 Richest, 17 Secondary+, 14 Rawalpindi, 22 t n e c r e P 50 40 30 20 10 0 Rural, 8 Poorest, 9 None, 8 6-11 months, 11 Urban, 7 Richest, 6 Secondary+, 6 18-23 months, 7 Area Wealth Quintile Maternal Education Punjab Area Wealth Quintile Maternal Education Age of Child Percentage of under 5 children who are stunted, by background characteristics Percentage of under 5 children who are wasted, by background characteristics Divisional Data on Stunting, Overweight & Wasting Division Punjab Bahawalpur D.G.Khan Faisalabad Gujranwala Lahore Multan Rawalpindi Sahiwal Sargodha Stunting: SDG 2.2.1 Overweight: SDG 2.2.2 Wasting % Stunted (moderate and severe) % Overweight (moderate and severe) % Wasted (moderate and severe, SDG 2.2.2) % Wasted (severe) The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) The objective of this snapshot is to Further statistical snapshots and the was carried out in Punjab 2017-18 by the disseminate selected findings from the MICS Summary Findings Report for this and other Bureau of Statistics as part of the global Punjab, 2017-18 related to the Nutritional surveys are available on: MICS programme.
Technical support was Status of Children.

Data from this snapshot mics.unicef.org/surveys and bos.gop.pk provided by the United Nations Children’s can be found in table TC.

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Fund (UNICEF).

Government of the Punjab and UNICEF provided financial support.