Adult's nutrition status and the seasonal changes of child malnutrition in Bai Say, Hung Yen 1997-1999
- Author:
Hoan Van Phan
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
nutrition
- MeSH:
Nutritional Status;
Adult;
Child Nutrition Disorders;
Malnutrition
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
2002;8():23-26
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A longitudinal study on the actual and seasonal changes of household food and nutrition security during 1997-1999 was carried out in Bai Say commune, Hung Yen province. The results shown that CED of women is much higher (47.5) in the poor households comparing to that in the middle and rich ones (34.8%), in both groups it was found that women are the higher-risk group to CED than men (41.2 vs. 21.5%). Child malnutrition is still very highly prevalence: under weight was 45-49%, wasting 18-23%, much higher than those of national data in 1999 (P<0.05), while stunting is approximately to that of national one 38-39%. Child wasting has been found to be seasonally changed (p<0.05), while there was no clearly change of the other forms (p>0.05). Child malnutrition occurs very early, around 6 months after birth, rapidly and cumulatively increases from 12 to 24 and 25 to 36 months, stands at rather high prevalence subsequently
