Prevalence and Determinants of Under-Nutrition Among Children Under Six: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Fars Province, Iran

Kavosi, Elham; Rostami, Z; Kavosi, Zahra; Nasihatkon, Aliasghar; Moghadami, Mohsen; Heidari, Mohammad Reza

doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2014.63

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“…In the present study prevalence of children who were underweight was found to be higher among children attending urban anganwadi centres and these results were similar to a study done by Kavosi et al 13 , whereas other studies showed that prevalence of underweight is higher in rural areas. [14][15][16] Prevalence of stunting in our study was higher among children living in urban areas which was similar to a study done by Kavosi et al 13 In contrary other studies showed that the prevalence of stunting is higher in rural areas.…”

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A comparative study of anthropometric measurements of children attending urban and rural anganwadi centres of a coastal district in Karnataka, India

Navya¹,

Udayakiran

2016

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Malnutrition is defined as a pathological state resulting from a relative or absolute deficiency or excess of one or more essential nutrients. Weight for age, height for age and weight for height are usually used to describe the nutritional status of children. The present study was done to compare the anthropometric measurements of children attending urban and rural anganwadi centres.Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out in children aged three to six years attending 34 anganwadi centres of a coastal district of Karnataka. Anthropometric measurements like height, weight and mid arm circumference was measured using standard methods. Malnutrition was assessed based on WHO z scores. Statistical analysis used: Data was expressed in Percentages and frequencies. Comparison of anthropometric measurements were done using chi square analysis.Results: 25.5% of the children attending urban anganwadis were underweight, 10% severely underweight, 15.5% stunted, 2.5% severely stunted, 24% wasted and 8.5% severely wasted. 18.5% of children attending rural anganwadis were underweight, 6.8% severely underweight, 11.8% stunted, 3.2% severely stunted, 15.2% wasted and 4.5% were severely wasted. The prevalence of wasting was significantly higher (p=0.006) in children attending urban anganwadi centres compared to rural centres.Conclusions: Urban anganwadis had a higher prevalence of underweight, stunting and wasting. Underweight and stunting was higher in females compared to males whereas wasting was found almost equally in both the genders.

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“…Among those who were severely underweight 51.9% (14) were males and 48.1% (13) were females. This difference was not statistically significant (p= 0.284).…”

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A comparative study of anthropometric measurements of children attending urban and rural anganwadi centres of a coastal district in Karnataka, India

Navya¹,

Udayakiran

2016

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…In comparison with the results of the present study, children's status has worsened from 1998 to 2015. However, this is still of better status compared with the status of the children from Cameroon, Peru, and Haiti (5,(14)(15)(16). In addition, the malnutrition status of children in Shahroud in the present time was found to be in a more unfavorable position than those from poor regions of China (17).…”

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Factors Affecting Malnutrition and Failure to Thrive in Children Under 2 Years of Age in Shahroud, Iran, in 2015

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Background: Malnutrition and failure to thrive (FTT) is a delay or a halt in children's growth, which leads to serious compilations if it is left untreated. Malnutrition due to its prevalence is the most important nutritional disease in developing countries and has the most prevalence among infants and preschool children. This study aimed at rating and determining the effective factors of malnutrition incidence and growth delay among 0 to 24 months children. Methods: To identify children under 2 years of age, we referred to health centers and health stations in the city of Shahroud (Northeast of Iran) in 2015. Using cluster sampling, 706 children were surveyed. Anthropometric indices with international reference standards were compared. The values obtained for less than 2 standard deviations as stunting, underweight, wasting, and FTT were defined. All statistical analyses were performed using SPSS software with significance level set at 0.05. Results:The results indicated the existence of malnutrition in the region. Based on the findings, the percentage of underweight, wasting, stunting and ratio of head circumference with age was determined to be 1.7%, 5.4%, 9.5%, and 8.6%, respectively; and considering the category of growth disorder, Type 1, 2, and 3 were, respectively, 1.7%, 5.2% and 3.1%. Factors affecting malnutrition included age, birth weight, birth spacing, and the mother's BMI at child birth. Conclusions: Tracking the status of children with growth disorder and malnutrition, offering appropriate interventions, considering the nutrition status of mothers during pregnancy, and providing appropriate nutritional counseling are of prime importance to attend to this problem.

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“…There was a dissimilarity between these findings and the present study findings. A cross-sectional community-based survey [21] was conducted among 15408 children under 5 years of age in Iran. The rates of stunting, underweight, and wasting were 9.53%, 9.66% and 8.19%, respectively.…”

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Malnutrition and Morbidity Profile of Under Five Children: A Cross-Sectional Scenario in a Rural Area of Bangladesh

Debnath¹

2017

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Introduction: Malnutrition particularly undernutrition has long been a major public health concern in southeast regions of Asia as a leading cause of child morbidity and mortality. The study was aimed to assess the malnutrition and morbidity profile in under five children in a rural area of Bangladesh. Methods:The present cross-sectional study was carried out for a period of one year. A total of 205 children aged 1-5 years were studied using purposive sampling technique. Mothers of the eligible participants were interviewed by predesigned questionnaire. Every child was subjected to thorough anthropometric measurements. Malnutrition was assessed using WHO recommended Z-score category.Results: About one-third (33.5%) of the children were stunted in Height for Age Z score. While 23.3% were moderately wasted and 6.5% were severely wasted in Weight for Height Z score. Severely underweight was 8.6%, 20.6% were moderately underweight and 70.8% of the children's weight was within the normal limit for their age. In MUAC measurement, about one-fourth (21.8%) were moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) and 1.1% were severe acute malnutrition (SAM). Most prevalent disease (45.0%) was the diarrhoeal disease with respiratory tract infection was 32.0% and pneumonia was 18.0%. Conclusions:The burden of common morbidities and prevalence of malnutrition among under-five children in this community is very high. Multi-pronged approaches aimed at improving child health care, including nutrition education, growth monitoring, exclusive breastfeeding, complementary feeding, standard case management of diarrhea and ARI would be beneficial to combat the problem of malnutrition.

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Prevalence and Determinants of Under-Nutrition Among Children Under Six: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Fars Province, Iran

Cited by 144 publications

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A comparative study of anthropometric measurements of children attending urban and rural anganwadi centres of a coastal district in Karnataka, India

A comparative study of anthropometric measurements of children attending urban and rural anganwadi centres of a coastal district in Karnataka, India

Factors Affecting Malnutrition and Failure to Thrive in Children Under 2 Years of Age in Shahroud, Iran, in 2015

Malnutrition and Morbidity Profile of Under Five Children: A Cross-Sectional Scenario in a Rural Area of Bangladesh

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