Anthropometrically determined nutritional status of urban primary schoolchildren in Makurdi, Nigeria.
Anthropometrically determined nutritional status of urban primary schoolchildren in Makurdi, Nigeria.
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DOI：
10.1186/1471-2458-11-769
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发表时间：
2011-10-06
影响因子：
4.5
通讯作者：
Alabi OA
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作者：
Goon DT;Toriola AL;Shaw BS;Amusa LO;Monyeki MA;Akinyemi O;Alabi OA
没有关于居住在尼日利亚马库尔迪的小学生营养状况的资料。据设想，这些数据可以作为未来研究的基线数据，并为公共卫生政策提供信息。本研究的目的是评估尼日利亚马库尔迪城市学校儿童营养不良的患病率。测量了2015年马库尔迪公立小学9-12岁学生（979名男孩和1036名女孩）的身高和体重，并计算了体重指数（BMI）。采用年龄别体重（WA）和年龄别身高（HA）等人体测量指标评价儿童的营养状况。还计算了BMI瘦度分类。体重不足（WAZ < -2）和发育迟缓（HAZ < -2）的发生率分别为43.4%和52.7%。儿童WAZ和HAZ平均分分别为-0.91（SD = 0.43）和-0.83（SD = 0.54）。男生体重不足率（48.8%）高于女生（38.5%），差异有统计学意义（p = 0.024; p < 0.05）。相反，女孩发育不良的比例（56.8%）高于男孩（48.4%）（p = 0.004; p < 0.05）。正常WAZ和HAZ的发生率分别为54.6%和44.2%。使用2007年世界卫生组织BMI瘦度分类，大多数儿童表现出1级瘦度（77.3%），这在所有年龄段（9-12岁）的男孩和女孩中都占主导地位。在性别方面，79.8%的男孩和75.0%的女孩属于一级瘦类别。根据世界卫生组织的分类，31.3%的儿童出现严重营养不良。生活在马库尔迪的学童严重营养不良。大多数儿童体重不足、发育不良和消瘦。因此，提供关于环境卫生和个人卫生习惯、适当育儿、母乳喂养和断奶做法的社区教育可能会扭转这一趋势。
No information exists on the nutritional status of primary school children residing in Makurdi, Nigeria. It is envisaged that the data could serve as baseline data for future studies, as well as inform public health policy. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of malnutrition among urban school children in Makurdi, Nigeria. Height and weight of 2015 (979 boys and 1036 girls), aged 9-12 years, attending public primary school in Makurdi were measured and the body mass index (BMI) calculated. Anthropometric indices of weight-for-age (WA) and height-for-age (HA) were used to estimate the children's nutritional status. The BMI thinness classification was also calculated. Underweight (WAZ < -2) and stunting (HAZ < -2) occurred in 43.4% and 52.7%, respectively. WAZ and HAZ mean scores of the children were -0.91(SD = 0.43) and -0.83 (SD = 0.54), respectively. Boys were more underweight (48.8%) than girls (38.5%), and the difference was statistically significant (p = 0.024; p < 0.05). Conversely, girls tend to be more stunted (56.8%) compared to boys (48.4%) (p = 0.004; p < 0.05). Normal WAZ and HAZ occurred in 54.6% and 44.2% of the children, respectively. Using the 2007 World Health Organisation BMI thinness classification, majority of the children exhibited Grade 1 thinness (77.3%), which was predominant at all ages (9-12 years) in both boys and girls. Gender wise, 79.8% boys and 75.0% girls fall within the Grade I thinness category. Based on the WHO classification, severe malnutrition occurred in 31.3% of the children. There is severe malnutrition among the school children living in Makurdi. Most of the children are underweight, stunted and thinned. As such, providing community education on environmental sanitation and personal hygienic practices, proper child rearing, breast-feeding and weaning practices would possibly reverse the trends.
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作者：
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