Status of anemia among children under 5 years of age in the economically less developed rural areas from the 6 western provinces of China, in 2009

VernacularTitle:2009年中国西部6省区贫困农村5岁以下儿童贫血状况分析
Author: Ji-Guo ZHANG ¹ ; Bing ZHANG ; Wen-Wen DU ; Chang SU ; Ai-Dong LIU ; Ji ZHANG ; Yu-Xia MA ; Feng-Ying ZHAI
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1. 中国疾病预防控制中心营养与食品安全所
Keywords: Anemia; Children; Poor rural areas
From: Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2011;32(9):902-904
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To analyze the status of anemia among children under 5 years of age in the economically less developed rural areas from 6 western provinces of China in 2009. Methods 8141 study subjects were from the program-‘Study on Appropriate Technology of Children Under-nutrition Improvement in Poor Rural Areas'. Results In 2009, the prevalence of anemia among children under 5 years of age in the above said rural areas from 6 western provinces was 24.1％. The prevalence of anemia among male children was much higher than that among female children. The peak of anemia prevalence( 38.5％ ) was among children of 6-11 months. The prevalence of anemia decreased along with the increase of age. Conclusion Results from the study demonstrated that anemia among the preschool children was a public health problem in poor rural areas of western China, Improving the knowledge on reasonable feeding seemed a better way for the prevention and control of anemia plus providing complementary nutrients sprinkle to the affected children.