Malnutrition trends in preschool children from a primary healthcare center in Baghdad : a comparative two-year study (2006 and 2012)
المؤلف
المصدر
العدد
المجلد 2017، العدد 2 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2017)، ص ص. 1-10، 10ص.
الناشر
تاريخ النشر
2017-12-31
دولة النشر
قطر
عدد الصفحات
10
التخصصات الرئيسية
الموضوعات
الملخص EN
Background : Nutritional disorders still represent a major problem faced by developing countries.
Surveying such problems is a step towards planning proper interventions, which contributes significantly to declines in under-five mortality rates.
Aims : To study the state of nutritional trends in children under five years of age, attending a primary healthcare center in Al Shoula district, Iraq, in 2006 and 2012.
Demographic features and feeding practices that may have had an effect on the nutritional status of children were also studied.
Subjects and methods : Two cross-sectional surveys were conducted on children aged two to five years, in a primary healthcare center in Baghdad.
Children attending for immunization were included (500 in 2006 and 570 in 2012), their mothers were interviewed, and the body mass index of the child was calculated.
Children who were overweight and obese were identified, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention charts, as those suffering from stunting.
Nutritional parameters were compared between the two study groups, using the chi-square test, as well as various epidemiological factors that may have affected the outcomes.
Results: The prevalence of both types of nutritional disorders (stunting and overweight and obesity) declined remarkably according to the 2012 survey; overweight and obesity declined from 20% to 7.2%, while stunting decreased from 51.2% to 30.9%.
The age group showing the highest rate of improvement were the four to five year olds, as well as children from lower-income families.
A higher rate of breastfeeding was reported in 2012, and breastfed babies suffered the least from both types of nutritional disorders, in both study groups.
Overall, the study findings showed a high prevalence of stunting (30.9%), together with a significant level of overweight and obesity (7.2%).
Conclusion : Children in Iraq suffer from high rates of stunting.
With a moderately high rate of obesity, there is an urgent need to evaluate local data available and plan for an active intervention to combat these nutritional problems.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Arif, Halah Samih. 2017. Malnutrition trends in preschool children from a primary healthcare center in Baghdad : a comparative two-year study (2006 and 2012). Qatar Medical Journal،Vol. 2017, no. 2, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-792000
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Arif, Halah Samih. Malnutrition trends in preschool children from a primary healthcare center in Baghdad : a comparative two-year study (2006 and 2012). Qatar Medical Journal No. 2 (2017), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-792000
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Arif, Halah Samih. Malnutrition trends in preschool children from a primary healthcare center in Baghdad : a comparative two-year study (2006 and 2012). Qatar Medical Journal. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-792000
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references : p. 8-10
رقم السجل
BIM-792000
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
أضخم قاعدة بيانات عربية للاستشهادات المرجعية للمجلات العلمية المحكمة الصادرة في العالم العربي
تقوم هذه الخدمة بالتحقق من التشابه أو الانتحال في الأبحاث والمقالات العلمية والأطروحات الجامعية والكتب والأبحاث باللغة العربية، وتحديد درجة التشابه أو أصالة الأعمال البحثية وحماية ملكيتها الفكرية. تعرف اكثر