Factors Affecting Undernutrition among School Children in Cebu, Philippines
| Autor: | Eriko Tomitsuka, Maricor Carmela Amoguis Ieiri, Masahiro Umezaki, Satoko Kosaka |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0301 basic medicine Philippines education Nutritional Status Medicine (miscellaneous) Rural Health Child Nutrition Disorders 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Thinness Environmental health Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Sanitation Child Poverty Growth Disorders Cebu Philippines Family Characteristics 030109 nutrition & dietetics Ecology business.industry Malnutrition Hygiene Nutritional status General Medicine medicine.disease Diet Food insecurity Food Insecurity Socioeconomic Factors Income Female Underweight medicine.symptom business Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 60:182-197 |
| ISSN: | 1543-5237 0367-0244 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03670244.2020.1813733 |
| Popis: | School children in vulnerable areas continue to be at risk for undernutrition. This study investigated the factors associated with the nutritional status of school children in a rural municipality in Cebu, Philippines. Children aged 6-12 years (n = 327) and their parents were asked to participate. Children's anthropometric measurements were taken in schools, while interviews and measurements of parents were conducted at home. Children's nutritional status was assessed using height-for-age (HAZ) and weight-for-age (WAZ) z scores, while body mass index (BMI) was used for parents. Children's dietary patterns and physical activity, and household characteristics, such as food insecurity, eating practices, water/sanitation/hand washing facilities, and sociodemographic status, were collected. Of 327 school children, 37.3% were stunted, while 35.1% were underweight in this rural community. HAZ and WAZ were negatively associated with household size, and positively associated with household income and parental BMI in multivariate least-squares regression models. Severe food insecurity was negatively associated with WAZ, which suggested that the experiences of severe food insecurity (i.e., not eating for a day) had a significant impact on nutritional status of children. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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