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We present the spectrum of malnutrition and their determinants for more than 26,000 urban women who gave birth within 5 years from the last two rounds of Demographic Health Survey 2006 and 2016. Among urban mothers in the lowest quartile by wealth index (urban poor), 12.8% (95% CI [11.3%, 14.5%]) were short or with height &lt; 145 cm; 20.6% (95% CI [19%, 22.3%]) were thin or with body mass index &lt; 18.5 kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>; 57.4% (95% CI [55.5%, 59.3%]) had any anaemia (haemoglobin &lt; 12 g\/dL), whereas 32.4% (95% CI [30.5%, 34.3%]) had moderate to severe anaemia; and 21.1% (95% CI [19.3%, 23%]) were obese (body mass index \u2265 25 kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>). Decadal gains were significant for thinness reduction (17p.p.) but obesity increased by 12 p.p. Belonging to a tribal household increased odds of thinness by 1.5 (95% CI [1.06, 2.18]) times among urban poor mothers compared with other socially vulnerable groups. Secondary education reduced odds of thinness (0.61; 95% CI [0.48, 0.77]) and higher education of short stature (0.41; 95% CI [0.18, 0.940]). Consuming milk\/milk products, pulses\/beans\/eggs\/meats, and dark green leafy vegetables daily reduced the odds of short stature (0.52; 95% CI [0.35, 0.78]) and thinness (0.72; 95% CI [0.54, 0.98]). Urban poor mothers should be screened for nutritional risks due to the high prevalence of all forms of malnutrition and counselled or treated as per risk.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/mcn.12978","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,6]],"date-time":"2020-03-06T03:38:42Z","timestamp":1583465922000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Levels and determinants of malnutrition among India's urban poor women: An analysis of Demographic Health Surveys 2006 and 2016"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9408-2956","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Vani","family":"Sethi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Nutrition Section UNICEF India, Country Office  New Delhi India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Arjan","family":"de Wagt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nutrition Section UNICEF India, Country Office  New Delhi India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4428-6368","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Arti","family":"Bhanot","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Independent consultant  New Delhi India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Konsam Dinachandra","family":"Singh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"International Institute for Population Sciences  Mumbai India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Praween","family":"Agarwal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nutrition Section UNICEF India, Country Office  New Delhi India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zivai","family":"Murira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Regional Office for South Asia UNICEF  Kathmandu Nepal"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Salima","family":"Bhatia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India  India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dinesh","family":"Baswal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India  India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sayeed","family":"Unisa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"International Institute for Population Sciences  Mumbai India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2365-4165","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"S. 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