The Prevalence of Malnutrition among Children under 5 Years old Referred to Health Centers in Iranshahr during 2010-2011

Mohammadinia, Neda; Poor, H Sharifi; Rezaei, MA; Khayat, Nastaran Heydari

doi:10.18869/acadpub.johe.1.3.139

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“…[16] Iraq Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS-4) in 2011 found that 8% of under-five children were moderately or severely underweight, and 4% of them were severely underweight. [17] The results of the current study showed that the prevalence of under-nutrition was 19.2% measured by BMI and 19.5% measured by MAC. This prevalence is considered high when compared to the regional communities like Iran in which the prevalence of malnutrition was found to be 11.1% and of wasting was 7.2%, [18] or other countries like Nepal where the prevalence of malnutrition was 18.9% and 7% wasting.…”

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Nutritional Status Assessment of Internally Displaced Children in “Dream City”- Iraq

Lafta¹

2017

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Abstract:Malnutrition is one of the major public health challenges in developing countries especially those experiencing security instability. Not much is known of the nutritional status of displaced children in Iraq. The objective of this study was to assess the nutritional status of internally displaced children in Dream city-Salaheddin-Iraq to provide a validated baseline information for further humanitarian responses to help those children. The "Dream city" in Salaheddin governorate was chosen for it represents a large collection of displaced families. A total of 788 children (less than 5 years) was surveyed. Height, weight and mid-upper arm circumference were measured. Under-nutrition was found in 19.2% of them according to body mass index, and 19.5% when using mid-upper arm circumference index. The prevalence of wasting was 14.6% and severe wasting 6.9%. There was a significant association between under-nutrition and number of the children in the family, age of the child, and father's and mother's education. A noticeable percentage of children were hardly consuming meat, eggs or fruits (only once or none per week). About one child in every five displaced children is undernourished. The percentiles of different anthropometric measurements for height, weight, body mass index, and mid upper arm circumference for those children were below the standard measurements reported by WHO and NCHS growth charts for the corresponding age.

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Nutritional Status Assessment of Internally Displaced Children in “Dream City”- Iraq

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2017

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“…In the next stage and after evaluating the full text of the articles, 26 articles were excluded (7 review articles, 10 low-quality articles and 9 articles with insufficient data). Finally, after a thorough review of the articles, 27 articles from 2002 to 2016 were selected to enter the meta-analysis stage [111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637] (Figure 1). The general specifications and data of these articles are presented in Table 1.…”

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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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“…However, a common characteristic of all recent studies conducted in Iran on malnutrition among under-5 children is that they have all studied the prevalence of malnutrition in a particular period or its trend over time [ 12 - 14 ]. Since malnutrition is a complicated phenomenon, for which socioeconomic factors such as the educational level of the parents as well as household income are relevant [ 16 - 18 ], it shows large disparities among socioeconomic groups [ 19 - 21 ].…”

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Socioeconomic Inequality in Malnutrition in Under-5 Children in Iran: Evidence From the Multiple Indicator Demographic and Health Survey, 2010

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J Prev Med Public Health

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ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to assess the socioeconomic inequality in malnutrition in under-5 children in Iran in order to help policymakers reduce such inequality.MethodsData on 8443 under-5 children were extracted from the Iran Multiple Indicator Demographic and Health Survey. The wealth index was used as proxy for socioeconomic status. Socioeconomic inequality in stunting, underweight, and wasting was calculated using the concentration index. The concentration index was calculated for the whole sample, as well as for subcategories defined in terms of categories such as area of residence (urban and rural) and the sex of children.ResultsStunting was observed to be more prevalent than underweight or wasting. The results of the concentration index at the national level, as well as in rural and urban areas and in terms of children’s sex, showed that inequality in stunting and underweight was statistically significant and that children in the lower quintiles were more malnourished. The wasting index was not sensitive to socioeconomic status, and its concentration index value was not statistically significant.ConclusionsThis study showed that it can be misleading to assess the mean levels of malnutrition at the national level without knowledge of the distribution of malnutrition among socioeconomic groups. Significant socioeconomic inequalities in stunting and underweight were observed at the national level and in both urban and rural areas. Regarding the influence of nutrition on the health and economic well-being of preschool-aged children, it is necessary for the government to focus on taking targeted measures to reduce malnutrition and to focus on poorer groups within society who bear a greater burden of malnutrition.

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The Prevalence of Malnutrition among Children under 5 Years old Referred to Health Centers in Iranshahr during 2010-2011

Cited by 12 publications

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Nutritional Status Assessment of Internally Displaced Children in “Dream City”- Iraq

Nutritional Status Assessment of Internally Displaced Children in “Dream City”- Iraq

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

Socioeconomic Inequality in Malnutrition in Under-5 Children in Iran: Evidence From the Multiple Indicator Demographic and Health Survey, 2010

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