Decision-making Support System for Predicting and Eliminating Malnutrition and Anemia

This study investigates predicting and eliminating malnutrition and anemia using ML Algorithms and comparing all the methods with various malnutrition-based parameters.

The health of the nation is more important than the wealth of the nation. Malnutrition and anemia are serious health issues but the least importance is given to eradicate them.

Proper nutrition is an essential component for the survival, growth, and development of infants, children, and women who in turn give birth to infants.

In the proposed system, machine learning approaches are utilized to predict the malnutrition status of children under five years of age and anemia in men and women using old datasets and further providing a suitable diet recommendation to overcome the disease. Classification techniques are being used for malnutrition as well as anemia prediction.

Algorithms such as Naïve Bayes classifier (NBC), Decision Tree (DT) algorithm, Random Forest (RF) algorithm, and K-Nearest Neighbor (k-NN) algorithm are utilized for prediction. The results obtained by these algorithms are 94.47%, 85%, 95.49%, and 63.15%. When compared, Naïve Bayes and random forest algorithm provided efficient results for malnutrition and anemia, respectively.

By testing and validating, preventive actions can be taken with the help of medical experts and dieticians to reduce malnutrition and anemia conditions among children and elders, respectively.