Table 3 Child–mother nutritional status composition in 2016.

From: Trends and patterns of the double burden of malnutrition (DBM) in Peru: a pooled analysis of 129,159 mother–child dyads

Child

Mother

%

%of all children

N

Undernourished

Underweight

1

0

4895

Normal

43

6

169,761

Overweight

35

5

139,486

Obese

16

2

64,147

Pregnant

5

1

19,405

Normal

Underweight

1

1

21,269

Normal

34

26

738,025

Overweight

40

31

865,643

Obese

22

17

480,423

Pregnant

3

3

73,081

Overweight

Underweight

1

0

941

Normal

23

1

41,700

Overweight

42

3

74,592

Obese

32

2

56,989

Pregnant

3

0

4601

Obese

Underweight

0

0

47

Normal

17

0

7702

Overweight

39

1

17,556

Obese

41

1

18,311

Pregnant

3

0

1298

  1. Authors’ calculations using Peru’s DHS (2015, 2016, 2017)
  2. Bold categories shown estimations of the double burden of malnutrition (i.e. 7% of the total)