4th Report - The World Nutrition Situation: Nutrition throughout the Life Cycle (IFPRI - UNSSCN, 2000, 136 p.): APPENDICES: APPENDIX 7: DATA EMPLOYED FOR ANALYSIS OF CHILD UNDERWEIGHT RATES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

4th Report - The World Nutrition Situation: Nutrition throughout the Life Cycle (IFPRI - UNSSCN, 2000, 136 p.)

APPENDICES

		APPENDIX 1: CONCEPTUALIZING NUTRITION PROBLEMS IN SOCIETY
		APPENDIX 2: COUNTRIES IN THE UN REGIONS AND SUB-REGIONS
		APPENDIX 3: METHODS TO ESTIMATE TRENDS IN UNDERNUTRITION PREVALENCE: A REVIEW
		APPENDIX 4: STATISTICAL NOTES FOR SECTIONS 1.1, 1.2, AND 1.3
		APPENDIX 5: LATEST NATIONAL PREVALENCE OF STUNTING AND UNDERWEIGHT IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
		APPENDIX 6: EXPLAINING TRENDS IN CHILD UNDERWEIGHT IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
		APPENDIX 7: DATA EMPLOYED FOR ANALYSIS OF CHILD UNDERWEIGHT RATES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
		APPENDIX 8: PREVALENCE AND NUMBERS OF OVERWEIGHT PRESCHOOL CHILDREN IN 1995
		APPENDIX 9: COUNTRIES CLASSIFIED BY WHO REGIONS
		APPENDIX 10: NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CODE OF MARKETING OF BREASTMILK SUBSTITUTES
		APPENDIX 11: SUMMARY OF FIVE STUDIES OF THE SOCIAL IMPACTS OF THE INDONESIAN CRISIS
		APPENDIX 12: SOME FOOD AND NUTRITION INFORMATION AND DATA RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET

APPENDIX 7: DATA EMPLOYED FOR ANALYSIS OF CHILD UNDERWEIGHT RATES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Countries with periods of decreased underweight prevalence (%) (n = 18)		Countries with periods of increased underweight prevalence (%) (n = 18)
Benin	1987: 35.0	Comoros	1991: 15.5
	1996: 24.5		1995: 21.7
Burkina Faso	1987: 45.5 1992: 32.7	Congo, Democratic Republic	1989: 25.0 1994: 35.0
Cameroon	1977: 17.3	Cote d'Ivoire	1986: 12.4
	1991: 15.1		1994: 20.0
Congo, Republic	1977: 32.2 1987: 23.5	Ethiopia (rural)	1983: 37.3 1992: 47.7
Congo, Democratic Republic	1975: 28.8 1989: 25,0	Guinea	1980: 23.4 1995: 26.0
Ghana	1987: 27.1	Lesotho	1981: 13.3
	1993: 22.9		1994: 21.4
Kenya (rural)	1982: 22.0 1987: 18.0	Madagascar	1983: 28.0 1992: 40.9
Lesotho	1976: 17.3	Malawi	1981: 23.9
	1981: 13.3		1992: 27.6
Madagascar	1992: 40.9 1995: 34.1	Malawi	1992: 27.6 1995: 29.9
Mauritania	1981: 31.0	Mauritania	1987: 30.0
	1987: 30.0		1990: 47.6
Mauritius	1985: 23.9 1995: 14.9	Nigeria	1990: 35.3 1993: 39.1
Niger	1985: 49.4 1992: 42.6	Rwanda	1976: 27.9 1992: 29.4
Sierra Leone	1974: 28.2 1977: 23.2	Senegal	1986: 17.5 1992: 22.2
Tanzania	1987: 33.0	Sierra Leone	1977: 23.2
	1991: 28.9		1990: 28.7
Togo	1976: 26.1 1988: 24.6	Tanzania	1991: 28.9 1996: 30.6
Uganda	1977: 33.2 1988: 23.0	Uganda	1988: 23.0 1995: 25.5
Zambia	1992: 25.2 1996: 23.5	Zambia	1985: 20.5 1992: 25.2
Zimbabwe	1984: 14.0 1988: 11.5	Zimbabwe	1988: 11.5 1994: 13.0

Source: 1.

REFERENCE

1. Smith LC, Haddad L (1999) Explaining child malnutrition in developing countries: A cross-country analysis. Research Report 111. Washington, DC: IFPRI.