TY - JOUR AU - Abraham, Saba AU - Miruts, Gebremeskel AU - Shumye, Ashenafi PY - 2015 DA - 2015/06/22 TI - Magnitude of chronic energy deficiency and its associated factors among women of reproductive age in the Kunama population, Tigray, Ethiopia, in 2014 JO - BMC Nutrition SP - 12 VL - 1 IS - 1 AB - Women in the reproductive age group are most vulnerable to malnutrition. Maternal and child undernutrition is the underlying cause of 3.5 million deaths each year and 11 % of the total global disease burden. Among women in sub-Saharan Africa, 10–20 % are classified as excessively thin. The 2011 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) has reported that 27 % of Ethiopian women and 40 % of Tigray women of reproductive age are too thin. There is no previous study done on the nutritional status and associated factors of women of reproductive age among Kunama women, the minor group. The aim of the study is to assess the magnitude of chronic energy deficiency and its associated factors among women of reproductive age in the Kunama population in Northwest Tigray, Ethiopia, in 2014. SN - 2055-0928 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-015-0005-y DO - 10.1186/s40795-015-0005-y ID - Abraham2015 ER -