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Assessment of nutritional status indicators in children under five at Al-Hamdaniya District, North of Iraq | ||
| Annals of the College of Medicine, Mosul | ||
| Article 1, Volume 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-79 PDF (0 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.33899/mmed.2011.34685 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Asma A. Al-Jawadi; Anwar K. Matee | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Objectives: To provide a data base for nutritional assessment indicators among children under five in Al-Hamdaniya district, North of Iraq. Materials and Methods: Study design: A cross sectional study. Study setting: The present study was carried out in 3 primary health care centers. These are: Al-Hamdaniya primary health care center which has a population size in the catchment area of 38310, Bartella primary health care center (41029) and Al-Namrood primary health care center (25466). These centers are located in Al-Hamdaniya district in Nineveh Governorate, North of Iraq which has an overall population of 180980. Study participants: Under five children who were brought to the chosen primary health care centers for vaccination purposes. Outcome measures: Anthropometric measurements (weight and height/length) and WHO growth standard charts were used to compute the nutritional assessment indicators. Age and sex of the examined children were tested as a demographic attributes affect the study indicators. Results: A total of 775 under five children were included in this study; of this sample, 41.4% were less than 6 months old, 53.3% were males. The prevalence of stunting, under weight, wasting, risk of over weight, over weight and obesity were 7.9%, 3.7%, 2.5%, 12.9%, 3.0% and 0.5%, respectively. Stunting is significantly prevalent at age group 24-<60 months with no sex difference. Wasting showed the same association with age group 0-<6 months. Risk of over weight, over weight and obesity were significantly present among children 24-<60 months old and among males. Conclusion: The present study provides a base line data for nutritional assessment indicators among under fives in a local community in Iraq. Keywords: Under nutrition, under fives, stunting, under weight, wasting, obesity. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Under nutrition; under fives; stunting; under weight; wasting; Obesity | ||
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