Muhammad Asim|Yasir Nawaz
Child Malnutrition in Pakistan: Evidence from Literature
The University of Texas at Austin|University of Sargodha|University of Sargodha
pakistan one highest prevalences child malnutrition compared developing countries narrative review accomplished examine published empirical literature childrenrsquos nutritional status pakistan objectives review know methodological approaches used previous studies assess overall situation childhood malnutrition identify areas yet studied study carried collect synthesize relevant data previously published papers different scholarly database search engines relevant current published papers 2000ndash2016 included study research papers contain data related child malnutrition pakistan assessed total 28 articles reviewed almost similar methodologies used researchers conducted cross sectional quantitative descriptive studies structured interviews identifying causes child malnutrition one study used mix method technique acquiring data respondents assessment malnutrition among children 28 papers 20 used world health organization weight age age height height weight zscore method early marriages large family size high fertility rates lack birth spacing low income lack breast feeding exclusive breastfeeding found themes repeatedly emerged reviewed literature dire need qualitative mixed method researches understand insight underlying factors child malnutrition pakistan