Table 3 Presence of a nutrition policy and governance to address undernutrition and overweight among children underfive in low and middle-income countries
Low income countries (n = 36) | Middle income countries (n = 103) | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | ||
Nutrition policy for undernutrition (n = 139) | |||||
Yes | 31 | 86.1 | 65 | 63.1 | 0.002 |
No | 5 | 13.9 | 38 | 36.9 | |
Nutrition policy for overweight/obesity (n = 139) | |||||
Yes | 16 | 44.4 | 47 | 45.6 | 0.902 |
No | 20 | 55.6 | 56 | 54.4 | |
Nutrition policy for Undernutrition and Obesity (n = 139) | |||||
Yes | 16 | 44.4 | 39 | 37.9 | 0.487 |
No | 20 | 55.6 | 64 | 62.1 | |
Nutrition policy within 10 years for undernutrition (n = 96)* | |||||
Yes | 28 | 90.3 | 49 | 75.4 | 0.070 |
No | 3 | 9.7 | 16 | 24.6 | |
Nutrition policy within 10 years for overweight/obesity (n = 63) | |||||
Yes | 16 | 100.0 | 42 | 89.4 | 0.218 |
No | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 10.6 | |
Nutrition governance (n = 36) | |||||
Weak | 8 | 47.1 | 5 | 26.3 | 0.196 |
Moderate or strong | 9 | 52.9 | 14 | 73.7 | |