Malnutrition and associated risk factors in pre-school children (2-5 Years) in district Swabi (NWFP)-Pakistan

Malnutrition and associated risk factors in pre-school children (2-5 Years) in district Swabi (NWFP)-Pakistan

To assess the nutritional status and the associated risk factors in preschool age children in the District Swabi of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP)-Pakistan. The studies included 140 children (both boys and girls) and were assessed for nutritional status using correlation analysis for associ...

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Main Authors: Khattak, Muhammad Muzaffar Ali Khan, Ali, S.
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Language:English
Published: Ansi Network for Scientiific Information 2010
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TX341 Nutrition. Foods and food supply
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spelling iium-21892011-11-30T07:29:16Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/2189/ Malnutrition and associated risk factors in pre-school children (2-5 Years) in district Swabi (NWFP)-Pakistan Khattak, Muhammad Muzaffar Ali Khan Ali, S. TX341 Nutrition. Foods and food supply To assess the nutritional status and the associated risk factors in preschool age children in the District Swabi of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP)-Pakistan. The studies included 140 children (both boys and girls) and were assessed for nutritional status using correlation analysis for association of malnutrition with parent’s income, family size and number of the child within the family, sex of the child and Z-score for stature/age, weight/age/stature and weight/stature. The results showed no significant differences between the sex, age for weight and height compared. The weight and height were lower than the third percentile in all cases and indicate that the children were stunted and under-weight. The mean z-score in every case (i.e., -score for age-height and age-weight, sex-height and sex-weight and height-weight) was significantly different. Furthermore, there was strong association of malnutrition with family size, income of the parents and child number in the family in rural areas. This study indicates that the children in this particular area on average are at the risk of malnutrition due to large family size and lower income. Ansi Network for Scientiific Information 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/2189/1/khattak_malnutrition_34-39.pdf Khattak, Muhammad Muzaffar Ali Khan and Ali, S. (2010) Malnutrition and associated risk factors in pre-school children (2-5 Years) in district Swabi (NWFP)-Pakistan. Journal of Medical Sciences, 10 (2). pp. 34-39. ISSN 1812-5727 (O), 1682-4474 (P) http://scialert.net/jindex.php?issn=1682-4474
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Khattak, Muhammad Muzaffar Ali Khan
Ali, S.
Malnutrition and associated risk factors in pre-school children (2-5 Years) in district Swabi (NWFP)-Pakistan
description To assess the nutritional status and the associated risk factors in preschool age children in the District Swabi of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP)-Pakistan. The studies included 140 children (both boys and girls) and were assessed for nutritional status using correlation analysis for association of malnutrition with parent’s income, family size and number of the child within the family, sex of the child and Z-score for stature/age, weight/age/stature and weight/stature. The results showed no significant differences between the sex, age for weight and height compared. The weight and height were lower than the third percentile in all cases and indicate that the children were stunted and under-weight. The mean z-score in every case (i.e., -score for age-height and age-weight, sex-height and sex-weight and height-weight) was significantly different. Furthermore, there was strong association of malnutrition with family size, income of the parents and child number in the family in rural areas. This study indicates that the children in this particular area on average are at the risk of malnutrition due to large family size and lower income.
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author Khattak, Muhammad Muzaffar Ali Khan
Ali, S.
author_facet Khattak, Muhammad Muzaffar Ali Khan
Ali, S.
author_sort Khattak, Muhammad Muzaffar Ali Khan
title Malnutrition and associated risk factors in pre-school children (2-5 Years) in district Swabi (NWFP)-Pakistan
title_short Malnutrition and associated risk factors in pre-school children (2-5 Years) in district Swabi (NWFP)-Pakistan
title_full Malnutrition and associated risk factors in pre-school children (2-5 Years) in district Swabi (NWFP)-Pakistan
title_fullStr Malnutrition and associated risk factors in pre-school children (2-5 Years) in district Swabi (NWFP)-Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed Malnutrition and associated risk factors in pre-school children (2-5 Years) in district Swabi (NWFP)-Pakistan
title_sort malnutrition and associated risk factors in pre-school children (2-5 years) in district swabi (nwfp)-pakistan
publisher Ansi Network for Scientiific Information
publishDate 2010
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/2189/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/2189/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/2189/1/khattak_malnutrition_34-39.pdf
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