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Infection with Schistosoma japonicum, Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and hookworm was evident in 20.1, 54.4, 71.4, and 25.3% of the children. The majority (84.7%) was infected with one or more helminth species, with about one-quarter of the sample (24.7%) infected with three or more. About half (49.2%, n = 341) of the children were stunted and 27.8% (n = 193) were wasted. A lower prevalence of normal height-for-age (48.3%) appeared in those with polyparasitism, while the prevalence of stunted children increased with infection (46.7% monoparasitism and 51.7% polyparasitism). There was a decreasing trend between infection intensity and the mean values of HAZ and BAZ identified for T. trichiura or hookworm infections. Stunted children were more likely to be male (AOR = 1.58; 95% CI: 1.05\u20132.39; p = 0.028), older in age (10\u201314 years) (AOR = 1.93; 95% CI: 1.29\u20132.88; p = 0.001), and living in poorer households with palm leaves\/nipa roof (AOR = 1.85; 95% CI: 1.14\u20133.01; p = 0.013). Intestinal parasitic treatment needs to be combined with nutrient supplements and health education in order to interrupt the parasite life cycle and achieve sustainable control.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/tropicalmed2040049","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,9,21]],"date-time":"2017-09-21T12:17:40Z","timestamp":1505996260000},"page":"49","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":23,"title":["Poverty, Dietary Intake, Intestinal Parasites, and Nutritional Status among School-Age Children in the Rural Philippines"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"2","author":[{"given":"Allen","family":"Ross","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Keren","family":"Papier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ruby","family":"Luceres-Catubig","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Muntinlupa 1781, Metro Manila, Philippines"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Thao","family":"Chau","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Discipline of Public Health, School of Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2285-0287","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marianette","family":"Inobaya","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia"},{"name":"Department of Health, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Muntinlupa 1781, Metro Manila, Philippines"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shu-Kay","family":"Ng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4222, Australia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,9,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1521","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(06)68653-4","article-title":"Soil-transmitted helminth infections: Ascariasis, trichuriasis, and hookworm","volume":"367","author":"Bethony","year":"2006","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"659","DOI":"10.1038\/clpt.2009.16","article-title":"Mass drug administration and integrated control for the world\u2019s high-prevalence neglected tropical diseases","volume":"85","author":"Hotez","year":"2009","journal-title":"Clin. 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