The study assessed the prevalence of malnutrition among infants in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau state, Nigeria. A cross sectional community-based survey was used for the study. Structured and validated questionnaire was used to obtain information on socio-demographic characteristics of 400 respondents sampled using stratified random sampling by balloting without replacement. Anthropometric data was measured with appropriate tool for each measurement. Data was compared with standards and analyzed. Data was described with mean, standard deviation, frequency and percentage. Categorical data was checked for association with Chi square and Pearson correlation. Numerical parameters of male and female infants were compared with independent sample t-test.  Results were presented in tables and figures. Results revealed that stunting was 15%, wasting was 12%, and underweight was 4% among the infants. Also, body mass index (BMI) for age indices showed that overweight, obesity and underweight was 54%, 18% and 0.5% respectively. There was a statistical significance (p=0.021) between the BMI of male and female infants using t-test. There was also a significant positive correlation (r=0.252; p=0.000) between the weight of the infants and duration of breastfeeding. The study revealed a high prevalence of malnutrition among infants in the study population.

PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION AMONG INFANTS IN MANGU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA