Breastfeeding Practices and Nutritional Status of Children at High Altitude in Ladakh
| Autor: | Steven Ades, Katherine Gray-Donald, Elizabeth Cvejic, William Flexer |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Rural Population Canada Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Percentile Population Breastfeeding Nutritional Status Humans Medicine education education.field_of_study Triceps Skinfold Thickness business.industry Altitude Infant Nutritional status Nutritional survey Effects of high altitude on humans Nutrition Surveys Circumference Breast Feeding Infectious Diseases Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. 43:376-376 |
| ISSN: | 1465-3664 0142-6338 |
| Popis: | In collaboration with the Children Funds Leh nutrition project a nutritional survey of 12 villages of the Wanla area in Ladakh India was undertaken. Height mid-arm circumference (MAC) and triceps skinfold thickness (TSF) were measured and the presence of edema was noted. Measurements were obtained for 152/198 children aged less than 8 years. Information on length of breastfeeding timing of introduction of other foods and childrens consumption of fruits and vegetables was obtained from their mothers. The percentage of children classified as stunted (height-for- age z-score < 2 SD NCHS) was 53 per cent at less than 1 year but greater than 80 per cent after this age. The mean height-for-age z-score was --3.2. Mid-arm muscle area was below the 15th percentile for 30 per cent of those under 2 years but approximately 80 per cent of the older children fell below this cut-off. A very similar pattern was seen with skin-fold thickness. Both height and muscle area were below the 5th percentile for 25 per cent of male children and 14 per cent of female children indicating that these children were likely to be chronically malnourished. (excerpt) |
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