This study examined prevalence of malnutrition in Igbo-eze north local government area of Enugu State, Nigeria. The population for the study were all mothers that attended post-natal clinics in the primary health care facilities in Igbo Igbo-eze north local government area and their infants. Purposive sampling was used to select a total of 139 mothers with their infants (birth-1year).Validated questionnaire was used to elicit socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents.Anthropometric indices werecategorized using WHO (2007) reference standard. The data collected were coded using computer software, SPSS version 22. Chi-Square and Pearson correlation was used to associate categorical data. Independent sample t-test was used to compare the numerical variables of male and female infants. A p<0.05 was considered statistically significant.A total of 68.9% of the mothers had their first child from the ages of 20-24, majority of the parents were low income (20,000 Naira per month) earners. Also, 51.1% of the mothers completed secondary education and 18% had tertiary education. Majority of the mothers were traders (51.1%) and 93.5% of the infants had both parents alive. The result showed that the percentage of wasting, stunting, underweight, overweight and obesity among the infants were29.5%, 19.4%, 19.3%, 6.5% and 2.2% respectively while 7.2% were severely stunted, 2.2% were severely wasted and 1.4% were severely underweight.There was high prevalence of double burden of malnutrition in Igbo-eze north.

PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION AMONG INFANTS IN IGBO-EZE NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA