The effects of nutritional support baskets on growth parameters of under five years old children with malnutrition and low socio-economic status.

Autor: student, Seyedeh-Masomeh Derakhshandeh-Rishehri PhD, MSc, Razieh Shenavar, BS, Azam Farmani, PhD, Abdolrasoul Hemmati, PhD, Shiva Faghih, Derakhshandeh-Rishehri PhD Student, Seyedeh-Masomeh, Shenavar MSc, Razieh, Farmani Bs, Azam, Hemmati PhD, Abdolrasoul, Faghih PhD, Shiva
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Zdroj: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics; Feb2021, Vol. 67 Issue 1, p1-10, 10p
Abstrakt: Background and Objectives: Although malnutrition is globally widespread among children, there is no consensus on the most effective intervention for improving a child's growth. The present study is designed to investigate the effects of nutritional support basketson growth indices of malnourished children.Methods: This is a field trial conducted on 3667 malnourished children (0-60 months) for 9months, between 2017 and 2018, in Fars province of Iran. Weight-for-age, height-for-age, weight-for-height and body mass index-for age indices were assessed before and after the intervention with nutritional support baskets, which contains 600 kcal/day.Results: The baseline prevalence of moderate/severeunderweight, stunting and wasting were 31.5%, 33.3% and 28.9%, respectively. After the intervention, the prevalence non-significantly reduced to 25.5%, 31.7% and 20.35%, respectively (p > 0.05). The intervention is associated with a non-significant reduction in the prevalence of underweight and wasting in 0-23 months children, and a non-significant reduction in the prevalence of underweight, stunting and wasting in 24-60 months children. Furthermore, the intervention is associated with a non-significant reduction in the prevalence of underweight, stunting and wasting in girls, and a non-significant reduction in the prevalence of underweight and wasting in boys.Conclusions: Nutrition support was effective in improving malnutrition indices of children; however, the results were non-significant. Further studies with longer period and control group areneeded to support the effectiveness of nutrition support in children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index
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