Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. The coexistence of undernutrition and obesity is an emerging problem for developing countries like Bangladesh.
Anemia is another critical public health threat, prevalent predominantly among women and children. Undernutrition is linked with a higher risk of anemia, and lower dietary iron intake might be the possible reason. The study explores the relation of BMI with anemia and blood hemoglobin level among women and children in Bangladesh. Descriptive statistics were used to measure mean hemoglobin level. Binary Severely Underweight: OR 1. However, no relation between BMI and anemia was found among children.
Anemia is a condition when blood hemoglobin level or red blood cell count is below the expected cutoff points for individuals [ 1 ]. The significant consequence of anemia is lowered oxygen-carrying capacity of blood to the peripheral tissue, leading to fatigue, weakness, dizziness, and shortness of breath [ 2 ].
Globally 1. Globally However, the prevalence rate is still high [ 5 ]. Inadequate dietary iron intake, particularly more bioavailable heme iron, is endorsed as the predominant cause of anemia in Bangladesh.
Moreover, poor national nutrition policy [ 6 ], household food insecurity [ 7 ], and poor dietary diversity [ 8 ] are the other causes. In recent years, most developing countries are going through a nutrition transition, and the double burden of malnutrition is an evolving problem. The double burden of malnutrition is connected to the coexistence of undernutrition and overweight or obesity.
