PMID- 32171005
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20201118
LR  - 20240328
IS  - 1541-6100 (Electronic)
IS  - 0022-3166 (Print)
IS  - 0022-3166 (Linking)
VI  - 150
IP  - 6
DP  - 2020 Jun 1
TI  - Stunting and Wasting Among Indian Preschoolers have Moderate but Significant 
      Associations with the Vegetarian Status of their Mothers.
PG  - 1579-1589
LID - 10.1093/jn/nxaa042 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: India has high rates of child undernutrition and widespread 
      lactovegetarianism. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to examine how 
      nutrition outcomes varied among Indian preschool children in relation to the 
      vegetarian status of their parents. METHODS: The 2015-2016 National Family Health 
      Survey (NFHS) and the 2011-2012 National Sample Survey (NSS) were used to explore 
      associations between parental vegetarian status and child stunting and wasting at 
      ages 0-59 mo and anemia at ages 6-59 mo. In the NFHS, self-reports on usual 
      consumption of foods were used to classify maternal diets, whereas in the NSS 
      lactovegetarianism was defined at the household level. RESULTS: Compared with 
      children of nonvegetarian mothers, children aged 24-59 mo of lactovegetarian 
      mothers were 2.9 percentage points (95% CI: -4.0, -1.9) less likely to be stunted 
      and children aged 6-23 mo were 1.6 points less likely to be wasted (95% CI: -3.0, 
      -0.03), whereas children aged 6-23 mo with vegan mothers were 5.2 points more 
      likely to be stunted (95% CI: 0.1, 9.4). When compared with nonvegetarian 
      households, lactovegetarian households had better socioeconomic status and were 
      more likely to consume dairy frequently. Children in nonvegetarian households 
      consumed nondairy animal-sourced foods (ASFs) with relatively low frequency. The 
      frequency of maternal dairy consumption was significantly associated with lower 
      risks of child stunting and wasting. CONCLUSIONS: Anthropometric outcomes 
      differed by maternal vegetarian status, which is itself strongly associated with 
      socioeconomic position, location, religion, and caste.
CI  - Copyright (c) The Author(s) 2020.
FAU - Headey, Derek D
AU  - Headey DD
AD  - Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division, International Food Policy Research 
      Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC, USA.
FAU - Palloni, Giordano
AU  - Palloni G
AD  - Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division, International Food Policy Research 
      Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - J Nutr
JT  - The Journal of nutrition
JID - 0404243
SB  - IM
CIN - doi: 10.1093/jn/nxaa100
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - *Diet, Vegetarian
MH  - Female
MH  - *Growth Disorders
MH  - Humans
MH  - India
MH  - Male
MH  - *Maternal Exposure
MH  - *Mothers
PMC - PMC7269725
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Stunting
OT  - anemia
OT  - dairy
OT  - vegetarianism
OT  - wasting
EDAT- 2020/03/15 06:00
MHDA- 2020/11/20 06:00
PMCR- 2020/03/14
CRDT- 2020/03/15 06:00
PHST- 2019/08/23 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/10/08 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/02/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/03/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/11/20 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/03/15 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/03/14 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S0022-3166(22)02186-1 [pii]
AID - nxaa042 [pii]
AID - 10.1093/jn/nxaa042 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Nutr. 2020 Jun 1;150(6):1579-1589. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxaa042.