BANGKOK, May 27 — The rate of child malnutrition in Thailand has increased, between 2006 and 2012, according to a survey on the situation of children and women in Thailand.
The National Statistical Office (NSO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Thailand announced the survey on Tuesday, revealing that the rate of malnutrition among children in Thailand in 2012 remained high compared with that in 2006.
The survey, conducted with children and women in 27,000 households nationwide in 2012, shows children in the Northeastern and Southern regions are more underweight and stunted than those in other parts of the country, while children in the Central region have higher rates of obesity than those in other regions.
The finding also reveals only 75.1 per cent of all children aged 12-23 months were vaccinated against all diseases and that infants under the age of 6 months are breastfed 5.4 per cent more compared to the rate in 2006.
