@article{ref1,
title="Exposure to intimate partner violence and malnutrition among young adult Bangladeshi women: cross-sectional study of a nationally representative sample",
journal="Cadernos de Saude Publica",
year="2018",
author="Ferdos, Jannatul and Rahman, Mosfequr",
volume="34",
number="7",
pages="e00113916-e00113916",
abstract="This study explores the relationship between malnutrition and intimate partner violence (IPV) among 1,086 young adult Bangladeshi women aged 15-24 years using a cross-sectional data from the 2007 Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey (BDHS). About one-third (33.4%) young adult women experienced physical and/or sexual IPV, 14.5% experienced only sexual IPV and 29% experienced only physical IPV by husbands. About 32.6% young adult women were reported as being underweight (BMI < 18.5) and 6.2% were overweight (BMI ≥ 25). Underweight women experienced more physical IPV (OR = 1.39; 95%CI: 1.09-2.71) and physical and/or sexual IPV (OR = 1.48; 95%CI: 1.12-2.75) than normal range women. <br><br>RESULTS also indicate a positive association between being overweight/obese and all the forms of IPV. The study findings indicate that the IPV experience plays a significant role in underweight and overweight/obese young adult women and support that younger women's health and nutrition program and policies need to address IPV.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0102-311X",
doi="10.1590/0102-311X00113916",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0102-311X00113916"
}