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| | | Article Name : | | | Nutritional Status of 7-12 Years Children from
Rural Part of Rangpur City, Bangladesh | | Author Name : | | | ABDULLAH AL MAMUN1, Md ALTAF HOSSAIN, MASUMA AFRIN AYNEE, DIPIKA MAJUMDER, MOBASHWER AHMED, ABU NASER MD. SAZZAD HOSSAIN, SAEED MOHAMMAD YEAHYEA, KHODADAD MARUF, ASHRAF ELAHI | | Publisher : | | | Bridge Center | | Article URL : |  | | | Abstract : | | | This study was conducted among 7-12 years old school going
children in rural area of Rangpur city, Bangladesh. The major goal of
this study was to identify socioeconomic information and assess
nutritional status of school children. Study was carried out at different
schools. Sample of 134 students (boys=61, girls=73) were participated
in the survey. Data on student’s age, parental education level,
occupation, body weight, height, BMI were collected. The occupations
of household head were mainly farmer or labor (52.2%) while 92.5%
participant’s mothers were engaged them in household work.
Anthropometric indices of height for age (HAZ) and Body Mass Index
for Age (BAZ) z-score were used to estimate the children’s nutritional
status. It was found for HAZ that 7% were moderately stunted, 24%
were mildly stunted, 57% were normal, 5% were mild oversized and
7% were oversized among boys. Among girls, 2%, 7%, 27%, 45%, 11%
and 8% were severely stunted, moderately stunted, mildly stunted,
normal, mild oversized and oversized respectively. For BAZ, about
43% boys and 45% girls had healthy weight. The prevalence of wasting
was presented higher among boys than girls and prevalence of obesity
was presented higher among the girls than boys. As most of the
children were wasted, underweight and stunted, it should be provided
community education concerning about nutritional knowledge,
sanitation and personal hygienic practices, and weaning practices,
nutritional deficiency diseases, nutritional value of food and dietary
practices that increase the awareness of rural parents to take care their
children with balance diets. | | Keywords : | | | Socio-economic status, child nutrition, waste, stunt,
WHO reference and Z-Scores |
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