Initial results of the survey indicated that 34 percent of the refugee families suffer from food insecurity, which is a striking increase from 23 percent in 2015.
The study also found that 11 percent of households have decreased expenditure on food and 7 percent increased the purchase of food on credit.
An estimated 4.6 percent of children were assessed as underweight, up from 2.6 percent in 2013, the last time a similar comparison was made. More girls were found to be underweight than boys.