Nutrition and feeding situation of 2049 children under the age of 5 in Guangxi Province

Objective To analyze present nutrition,feeding situation of children under the age of 5 in cities and villages of Guangxi Province and provide a basis for further drafting measures of nutrition amelioration.Methods An Investigation of Nutrition Situation of 0～5 Years Old Infants Children by Social Women Dept.of Ministry of Public Health,P.R.China and Nutrition and Food Safety Place of Chinese Center of Disease Control and Prevention was used to measure height and body weight for 2 049 children of 0～5 years of age in Nanning and Yulin of Guangxi Province,and Questionnaire form was also used to investigate their parents about their feeding situation.Results The development-growing difference in weight between cities and villages' infants and children was significant(P0.01),but height had no difference(P0.05).The difference of feeding situation between cities and villages was significant(P0.01),and the economic status and nationality difference were the factors which affect the feeding behavior.Conclusion Growing-development difference of infants and children between cities and villages is significant.In adding infants' supplementary foods there obviously exist unscientific and unreasonable problems in adding time,quality and quantity.Besides economic factors,there existed obvious relation with shortage of knowledge in nutrition and health care by infant's and children's parents.