The nutrition transition in Colombia over a decade: a novel household classification system of anthropometric measures

Table 1 Household anthropometric typologies (Mutually exclusive categories)

Household anthropometric typology	Children’s anthropometric status	Mother’s BMI
Normal	No stunting or obesity among any of the children	Normal BMI 18.5 – 24.9 kg/m²
Undernourished	At least one child is stunted (HAZ < −2) and the remaining children are either stunted or normal	Underweight BMI <18.5 kg/m² or Normal BMI 18.5 – 24.9 kg/m²
Overweight/obese	At least one child is overweight/obese (BMIz > 2SD) and the remaining children are either overweight/obese or normal	Normal BMI 18.5 – 24.9 kg/m² or Overweight/obese BMI ≥ 25 kg/m²
Dual Burden	At least one child is stunted (HAZ < −2) and the remaining children can be either stunted, normal, overweight/obese, or stunted and overweight/obese	Overweight/obese BMI ≥ 25 kg/m²
Dual Burden	At least one child is overweight/obese (BMIz > 2SD) and the remaining children can be either normal, overweight/obese, or stunted and overweight/obese	Underweight BMI <18.5 kg/m²

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