Analysis of state of early year children nutrition status in children's home of Kazakhstan (1185.3)

Abstract

Today social orphanage is one of acute problems for our society.There are about 35 thousand social orphans at living parentsin Kazakhstan. Study results of children‐orphans as study group (n=226) and children, brought up in families (n=100) composing control group were used in study. 18,9% of children‐orphans in the age of 6‐12 months suffer from chronic malnutrition (‐2СО); 6,8% of them have growth inhibition(‐3СО); and 9,3% of them exceed measurement data of their age category,from 74 children‐orphans. In control group 10% have growth inhibition, and 2,04% are accelerates. From 92 studied children,in children of 12‐24 monthly ages46, 7% of study group are short ones and have growth inhibition that characterizes chronic malnutritionavailability. In 25% of them growth inhibition was revealed. In control group 35% of children of indicated age category have chronic malnutrition. On study results of 52 children in the age of 24‐36 months,in 38,2% of them chronic malnutrition was revealed, in 32,7% of them had growth inhibition. In control group only 18,7% of them hadchronic malnutrition, 12,7% of them had growth inhibition. Thus, it is necessary to draw conclusion from all above‐stated, that 35,3% of children arefoster childrenof children's home of health care system considered to be short and chronic malnutritionof one or another degree, that in 2,3 times exceeds these indexes in children growing with their parents.

Changing Food Consumption and Nutrition Intake in Kazakhstan

“…Studies on food security have mostly focused on factors that affects food security including climate change [3], international food prices and stable food production [4], the relationship between crop yield and livestock feed and greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and land use changes [5][6][7], maintenance of food security from both the demand and supply sides [8], strategies for sustainable resource management [9]; additionally, studies have focused on types of food such as aquaculture [10] or a specific staple food such as wheat [11]. Although there have been some studies on food nutrition [12][13][14], many studies have focused on specific groups of people such as children [12] and specific types of foods such as beef [15], and there still have been few studies on total food consumption and its nutrients from several aspects and levels. At a national level, food security is generally assessed based on the average energy intake per capita in relation to the actual needs which are determined in accordance with minimum recommended nutritional standards.…”

“…Currently, food security issues are often considered on a nation-wide basis, within country groups [9,[16][17][18] or at a worldwide level [19][20][21][22]. Studies on nutrition in Kazakhstan have focused on children or older people [12,[23][24][25][26], with limited studies on the nutritional status of the total population. Moreover, there is more research on specific foods such as livestock [27], fruits and vegetables [28], but there are limited studies focusing on the total food consumption and its nutrition.…”