2011•Zhongguo jiankang jiaoyuRequires access
Malnutrition status of children under 5 years old in western poverty rural areas
Zhai Feng-yin
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Abstract
Objective To analyze malnutrition status of children under 5 years old in western poverty rural areas.Methods The 8141 subjects were from the program of Study on appropriate technology of children under-nutrition improvement in poverty rural areas.Age-and sex-specific height and weight reference of WHO standards was used to calculate the Z-scores,the data were analyzed by software SAS 9.1.Results In 2009,the stunting prevalence of children under 5 years in poor rural areas of 6 western Chinese provinces was 14.9%,the underweight prevalence was 7.4% and the wasting prevalence was 3.5%.Conclusion The study demonstrated that malnutrition was still a serious health problem in western poverty rural areas.When improving the children nutrition,we should take comprehensive intervention measures according to the characteristics of different regions and the factors contributing to children malnutrition.