Nutritional status of children and adolescents of school age children from different ethnic groups in Rongshui, Guangxi
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-0815.2015.03.013
- VernacularTitle:广西融水苗族自治县各民族学龄儿童及青少年营养状况调查
- Author:
Yan ZHANG
;
Yu HE
;
Naishi LI
;
Ziyan LUO
;
Daming ZHANG
;
Huijuan ZHU
;
Hui PAN
;
Chenguang ZHENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Obesity;
Malnutrition;
Prevalence;
Minority groups
- From:
Chinese Journal of Health Management
2015;(3):205-208
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate prevalence of nutritional status of children and adolescents of school age in the poor region with many ethnic groups of Western regions of China. Methods In September 2006, we performed a health check?up for 2 475 students of a primary school and a middle school from many ethnic groups in Rongshui, Guangxi; 1 163 boys (46.99%) and 1 362 girls (53.01%) participated in this study, including 4 main ethnic groups: Han (848 participants, 34.26%), Miao (736 participants, 29.74%), Zhuang (415 participants, 16.77%) and Dong (341 participants, 13.78%), and prevalence of obesity and malnutrition for the population were surveyed. Results The prevalence rates of overweight among male and female children/adolescents of school age were 3.01%and 3.66%, respectively;and the prevalence rates of obesity were 1.55%and 0.76%, respectively. In 4 main ethnic groups of Han, Miao, Zhuang and Dong, the prevalence rates of overweight were 2.59%, 4.76%, 2.89% and 2.93%, respectively; while the prevalence rates of obesity were 1.89%, 0.27%, 0.96%and 1.17%, respectively. The prevalence rates of malnutrition among male and female children/adolescents of school age were 5.59%and 3.35%, respectively;while the prevalence rates of malnutrition in 4 main ethnic groups of Han, Miao, Zhuang and Dong were 6.96%, 2.17%, 5.54% and 2.64%, respectively. Conclusion The prevalence rates of overweight and obesity of children and adolescents of school age in Rongshui were relatively low, while the prevalence rates of malnutrition is similar to the average level of China.
