Malnutrition situation of children from 1 month to 5 years in Hanoi
- Author:
Hai Van To
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
malnutrition
- MeSH:
Malnutrition;
Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood;
child
- From:Journal of Medical Research
2002;18(2):14-19
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
We have studied about weight in 199,770 children aged 1-60 months in 100% the localities of Hanoi, there are 59,093 children suffer from malnutrition (29.58%). Malnutrition rates of rural children (34.77%) are significantly higher than those of urban children (21.85%). Age groups 12-57 months suffer from malnutrition the more the higher (23.3-40.5%). Malnutrition rates is Socson district are very high (59.28%). On the contrary in Hoankiem district there are only 14.5% malnutrition
