Assessing the silent epidemic of malnutrition in Palestinian preschool children

Tsigga, Maria; Grammatikopoulou, Maria G.

doi:10.1016/j.jegh.2012.12.002

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“…These data show that the prevalence of malnutrition in children from these regions of Asia is higher than that of Iranian children. A meta-analysis, including 17 studies in Palestine, showed that the prevalence of underweight, short stature and slimness in children under the age of five was 4.7%, 10.9%, and 2.9%, respectively [50]. This study reported a lower prevalence of malnutrition indices compared to our study.…”

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An Investigation of the Prevalence and Causes of Malnutrition in Iran: a Review Article and Meta-analysis

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Malnutrition is one of the most important health issues in developing countries, which might have adverse effects on the physical and intellectual health of children. The search process was started to find Persian and English articles published until September 2017 regarding the prevalence of malnutrition in children under the age of six in Iran using national and international databases including SID, Magiran, Irandoc, IranMedex, PubMed, Medline, Scopus, and ISI Web of Science. The data were analyzed using meta-analysis methods and the random effects model. The heterogeneity of studies was analyzed using the I 2 index. The data were analyzed using R and STATA software (ver. 11.2). Twenty seven articles conducted from 2002 to 2016 were collected to be included in the meta-analysis process. The total sample size was 161,941 patients in an age range of 0-6 years. The final estimate of the prevalence of different forms of malnutrition through meta-analysis of data extracted from studies in Iran was as follows: severe underweight (1%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1–1), moderate underweight (6%; 95% CI, 5–7), mild underweight (25%; 95% CI, 21–28), severe short stature (3%; 95% CI, 2–3), moderate short stature (8%; 95% CI, 6–9), mild short stature (21%; 95% CI, 17–24), severe slimness (1%; 95% CI, 1–1), moderate slimness (5%; 95% CI, 4–5) and mild slimness (20%; 95% CI, 17–24). Considering that the prevalence of malnutrition is relatively high in Iran, health authorities should plan to improve the nutritional status of children.

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An Investigation of the Prevalence and Causes of Malnutrition in Iran: a Review Article and Meta-analysis

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“…The prevalence of stunting in Palestine increased from 7.5% in 2000 to 10.9% in 2010 with the Gaza Strip recording a stunting prevalence of 10.4% (23 (24). In recent years, stunting has been the most prevalent form of undernutrition (~10%) as compared to underweight and wasting in Gazan children under 5 years (24,25). Our study showed that stunting prevalence at 24 months was 2 times greater than reported in previous studies (23)(24)(25), although underweight and wasting rates prevalence were similar.…”

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confidence: 47%

Growth patterns of Palestinian children from birth to 24 months

Albelbeisi

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Chan

et al. 2018

East Mediterr Health J

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“…Several studies have used meta-analyses in order to accurately calculate the prevalence of a disease as recorded in the literature, 13,15,16 and recently one study used the same methodology to accurately determine the prevalence of obesity among Greek children. 13 Analyses were performed with Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software V2.0 (Biostat Inc, Englewood, NJ, USA).…”

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confidence: 99%