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<strong>Timor</strong>-<strong>Leste</strong> <strong>2009</strong>-<strong>10</strong><br />

Fifty-eight percent <strong>of</strong> children under age 5 are stunted, <strong>and</strong> 33 percent are severely stunted.<br />

Nineteen percent <strong>of</strong> children under age 5 are wasted, <strong>and</strong> 7 percent are severely wasted. The weightfor-age<br />

indicator shows that 45 percent <strong>of</strong> children under age 5 are underweight <strong>and</strong> 15 percent are<br />

severely underweight. Table 12.1 highlights another problem among young children in <strong>Timor</strong>-<strong>Leste</strong>: 5<br />

percent are overweight [Z-scores are above two st<strong>and</strong>ard deviations (+2 SD)].<br />

Table 12.1 <strong>and</strong> Figure 12.1 indicate that stunting is apparent even among children less than 6<br />

months <strong>of</strong> age (26 percent). Stunting increases with the age <strong>of</strong> the child; this is evidenced by the<br />

increase in stunting from 35 percent among children age 6-8 months to 69 percent among children age<br />

18-23 months <strong>and</strong> gradually decreases to 58 percent by age 48-59 months. More male children (60<br />

percent) than female children (56 percent) are stunted. Size at birth is an important indicator <strong>of</strong> the<br />

nutritional status <strong>of</strong> children: stunting is higher among children who were reported to have been very<br />

small at birth (65 percent) than among children who were average or larger in size at birth (58<br />

percent). More rural children (61 percent) than urban children (49 percent) are stunted. District<br />

variation in nutritional status <strong>of</strong> children is substantial. Stunting among children is highest in<br />

Bobonaro district (73 percent) <strong>and</strong> lowest in Aileu district (31 percent). The percentage <strong>of</strong> children<br />

stunted decreases as mother’s BMI <strong>and</strong> education level increase. Stunting is more prevalent in<br />

children with thin (BMI

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