Nutrition status of children under 5 years old and some influence factors in Kontum province, 2001
- Author:
Phan Van Hai
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
malnutrition
- MeSH:
Nutritional Status;
child;
Malnutrition;
standards;
Thinness;
epidemiology
- From:Journal of Preventive Medicine
2004;14(1):71-76
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A cross-sectional study was carried out on 1,500 subjects at 30 communes collected randomly (investigated 50 children and 50 mothers per commune) about nutrition status of children under 5 years old and some influenced factors in Kontum province, in 2001. The results: the percentage of malnutrition was high level according to WHO criteria, underweight was 36.9%, stunting was 46.3%, and wasting was 8.3%. The malnutrition rates of boys and girls were significant difference (P>0.05). The children of ethnic minorities were higher about the malnutrition rates than children of Kinh people. The malnutrition rates in the child of illiterate mothers was the highest
