Effect of a nutrition education programme on nutritional status of children aged 3 - 5 years in Limpopo Province, South Africa
| Autor: | Corinna M. Walsh, Xikombiso G. Mbhenyane, Lindelani Fhumudzani Mushaphi, FC Van Rooyen, A Dannhauser |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty education.field_of_study Micronutrient deficiency medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Nutrition Education Population Micronutrient medicine.disease Vitamin A deficiency Malnutrition Environmental health Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Serum iron Medicine Underweight medicine.symptom business education |
| Zdroj: | South African Journal of Child Health, Volume: 9, Issue: 3, Pages: 102-98, Published: AUG 2015 South African Journal of Child Health; Vol 9, No 3 (2015); 98-102 |
| ISSN: | 1999-7671 1994-3032 |
| DOI: | 10.7196/sajch.7958 |
| Popis: | Background. Globally, the prevalence of chronic and acute malnutrition and micronutrient deficiency is high in young children, especially in developing countries. Nutrition education is an important intervention to address these challenges. Objective. To determine the nutritional (anthropometric and micronutrient) status of children aged 3 - 5 years at baseline and post intervention. Methods. A pre-test–post-test control group design was chosen, which included eight villages (four villages in the experimental group (E); four villages in the control group (C)). The Nutrition Education Intervention Programme (NEIP) comprised ten topics emphasising healthy eating, hygiene and sanitation. Results. At baseline, 15% (E) - 22.4% (C) of children were stunted. Very few children were underweight in both groups (E = 2.5%; C = 8.2%) and only 2.5% of children were wasted in the E group at baseline. At baseline, about a third of children in both groups (E = 38.5%; C = 30.8%) had marginal vitamin A status (100 - 199.9 µg/L), while |
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