Context: Change in stunting as the children grow older is rarely found in published literature.
Aims: The present paper compares the change in the prevalence of stunting among children as they grow from 0-4 years to 7-11 years.
Settings And Design: The present paper is a secondary analysis of India Human Development Survey-I (IHDS-I) (2005) and IHDS-II (2012) data for Kerala.
Methods And Materials: In total, 411 children of age 0-4 years and 390 children of age 7-11 years with anthropometric measurements were included in the present study, respectively, from IHDS-I and IHDS-II.
Statistical Analysis Used: The statistical analyses were done using SPSS 21.0. The prevalence of stunting was estimated. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed using the Pearson Chi-square test.
Results: The prevalence of stunting among children has been drastically reduced (50.4% to 20.3%) while growing older from 0-4 years to 7-11 years.
Conclusions: More than half of the stunted children below 5 years regained normal growth, as they grow older.
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