Dual Burden of Malnutrition among Primary School Children in Myanmar

• 作者: Moh Moh Hlaing Mya Ohnamr Sandar Tun Thidar Khine Wah Wah Win Su Su Hlaing Hla Phyo Linn Khin Hnin Wint Phyu Nyein Nyein Win
• 来源期刊: 食品与营养科学(英文)
• 学科: 数学
• 关键词: Dual Burden MALNUTRITION Primary School Children
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（2）
• 页码范围: 115-123
• 页数: 9页
• 分类号: O17

摘要

<b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Background: </span></b><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The distribution of childhood nutritional diseases is shifting from a predominance of under nutrition to a dual burden of under-and over nutrition in low and </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">middle income</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> countries. Rapid economic development and urbanization </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">lead</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> to an increase in overweight and obesity and diet-related chronic diseases. The co-existence of under-and </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">over nutrition</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> is </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">double</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> burden and this is a public health challenge for </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">community</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Objective: </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">To find out the nutritional status of primary school children. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Method: </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The study was </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">school based</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> descriptive study and conducted during November 2014 to February 2015 in basic primary schools, basic middle schools and basic high schools in </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">urban</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> and rural area of Yangon, Mandalay, Taungyi and Mawlamyaing. A total of (2937) Grade IV and Grade V students were measured for weight, height and 592 students were measured for haemoglobin by standard equipment and standard procedure. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Results: </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The overall prevalence</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">s</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> of stunting, wasti