Reducing inequities in maternal and child health in rural Guatemala through the CBIO+ Approach of Curamericas: 4. Nutrition-related activities and changes in childhood stunting, wasting, and underweight

Table 5 Nutritional status measures from comparison areas outside of the Project Area for under-2 children

Type of nutritional indicator	Area in which children were weighed and measured
	Department of Huehuetenango rural only, under-2 children only (DHS data)		Northwest Guatemala (Departments of Huehuetenango and Quiché) (DHS data)
	1999 [26]	2015 [17]	1999 [26]	2015 [17]
Stunting	57.1%	64.6%	69.2%	68.2%
Wasting	1.9%	1.1%	2.5%	0.3%
Underweight	23.8%	18.4%	33.4%	19.8%

References: [17, 26]
Note: DHS Demographic and Health Survey. The sample sizes for the data for the Department of Huehuetenango were 105 in 1999 and 223 in 2015, and for the Northwestern Region, they were 179 in 1999 and 479 in 2015

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