Feeding practices and some factors effect on nutrition status of children 1-24 months old in Thang Binh and Nui Thanh Districts, Quang Nam provice
- Author:
Pham Van Phu
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
nutrition
- MeSH:
Nutritional Status;
Child
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2005;505(3):3-7
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
816 mothers were interviewed about knowledge, practice on feeding children 1-24 months old in Thang Binh and Nui Thanh Districts, Quang Nam provice.
High rate of children were given liquorice, boiled water...before having the first breastmilk. No children had exclusive breastfeeding during 4-6 first months. Instant flours were consumed very commonly as complement foods ( 72.4%). There is high percentage of malnutrition (W/A: 27.4%; H/A: 29.5%; W/H: 4.3%) and they became very high in the second year. The percentage of anemia was very high. There were significant relation between occupation, education level, economic status of parent, CED of mother and nutrition status of children in both HAZ, WAZ. Breastmilk and reasonable complement foods should be paid attention as well as improving the quality of affordable complement foods in each family.
