TY  - JOUR
AU  - Adiba, Adiba
AU  - Hossain, Syed Mujakkir
AU  - Devnath, Nishrita
AU  - Maruf, Md. Fakhrul Islam
AU  - Mithu, Mejbah Uddin
AU  - Shormela, Sadia Akter
AU  - Mubarak, Mahfuza
TI  - Assessing Food Security and Nutritional Inequalities Among Children and Adolescents in the Urban Slums of Bangladesh
JO  - Journal of Biosciences and Public Health
PY  - 2025
VL  - 1
IS  - 1
SP  - 13
EP  - 28
DO  - 10.5455/JBPH.2025.02
AB  - ABSTRACT This cross-sectional study examined the disparities in food security and nutritional status among 500 children and adolescents (aged 5-17 years) in urban slums of Bangladesh. Data were collected from April to June 2024, assessing sociodemographic factors, food security using the Food Consumption Score (FCS), and nutritional status via Body Mass Index (BMI). Results revealed alarming levels of undernutrition, with 56.4% underweight (BMI
KW  - BMI, Food security, Food consumption score, Child and adolescent nutrition, Urban slums
SN  - 3104-8749
PB  - 4Green Research Society
LA  - English
UR  - https://www.jbph.org/article/details/assessing-food-security-and-nutritional-inequalities-among-children-and-adolescents-in-the-urban-slums-of-bangladesh
ER  -