Table 4 Trends in maternal nutritional status according to nutritional status of the child.

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

Child

Mother

1996

2000

2008

2010

2016

Relative change 1996–2016 (%)

Undernourished

Normal

62%

61%

58%

55%

45%

−27

Overweight

31%

30%

32%

34%

37%

+19

Obese

6%

8%

9%

11%

17%

+183

Normal

Normal

52%

52%

46%

42%

35%

−33

Overweight

36%

37%

40%

40%

41%

+14

Obese

10%

11%

13%

16%

23%

+130

Overweight

Normal

41%

36%

39%

32%

24%

−41

Overweight

46%

43%

40%

40%

43%

−7

Obese

13%

21%

21%

27%

33%

+154

Obese

Normal

47%

49%

37%

27%

18%

−62

Overweight

36%

39%

43%

45%

40%

+11

Obese

17%

12%

20%

27%

42%

+147

  1. Authors’ calculations using Peru’s DHS. Pregnant mothers were excluded.
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