scholarly journals Food, sanitation, and the socioeconomic determinants of child growth in Colombia.

1981 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
J S Koopman ◽  
L Jajardo ◽  
W Bertrand
Keyword(s):  
Child Growth ◽  
Socioeconomic Determinants ◽  
Food Sanitation

CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS IN EGYPT: A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS USING A QUANTILE REGRESSION APPROACH

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mesbah Fathy Sharaf ◽  
Elhussien Ibrahim Mansour ◽  
Ahmed Shoukry Rashad
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Quantile Regression ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Child Growth ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
Socioeconomic Determinants ◽  
Socioeconomic Gradient ◽  
Regression Approach ◽  
Heterogeneous Effect ◽  
Child Nutritional Status

SummaryThis study examined the underlying demographic and socioeconomic determinants of child nutritional status in Egypt using data from the most recent round of the Demographic and Health Survey. The height-for-age Z-score (HAZ) was used as a measure of child growth. A quantile regression approach was used to allow for a heterogeneous effect of each determinant along different percentiles of the conditional distribution of the HAZ. A nationally representative sample of 13,682 children aged 0–4 years was drawn from the 2014 Egypt DHS. The multivariate analyses included a set of HAZ determinants commonly used in the literature. The conditional and unconditional analyses revealed a socioeconomic gradient in child nutritional status, in which children of low income/education households have a worse HAZ than those from high income/education households. The results also showed significant disparities in child nutritional status by demographic and social characteristics. The quantile regression results showed that the association between the demographic and socioeconomic factors and HAZ differed along the conditional HAZ distribution. Intervention measures need to consider the heterogeneous effect of the determinants of child nutritional status along the different percentiles of the HAZ distribution. There is no one-size-fits-all policy to combat child malnutrition; a multifaceted approach and targeted policy interventions are required to address this problem effectively.

Nutritional Status of Pediatric Patients in Ramathibodi Hospital Using the WHO Child Growth Standard and the Thai Growth Reference

2020 ◽  
Vol 103 (10) ◽  
pp. 1099-1106
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Child Growth ◽  
World Health ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Growth Standard ◽  
Growth Reference ◽  
Child Growth Standard

Background: The appropriate assessment of nutritional status in children is an essential aspect of health supervision. Currently, there are two references used for growth assessment in Thailand. The WHO child growth standard, which has been widely used since 2007, and the Thai growth reference developed by the Ministry of Public Health, which has been used since 1998. However, there were very few studies that made a direct comparison between both tools. Objective: To compare the nutritional status of healthy pediatric patients in Ramathibodi Hospital assessed by the World Health Organization (WHO) child growth standard and the Thai growth reference. Materials and Methods: The present study was a cross-sectional study. The data were collected from all pediatric patients registered in the outpatient department (OPD) of Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital between January 2013 and December 2018. All healthy children (aged 0 to 15 years) were included. Exclusion criteria of possibly chronically ill children were defined by those who were 1) visiting subspecialty clinics, 2) OPD and emergency room (ER) visits more than ten times per year, 3) having ICD-10 of chronic conditions, or 4) had been admitted in the hospital during the study. The weight and height or length data were extracted from the Electronic Medical Record system. All data were analyzed by the Stata Statistical Software focusing on age and sex-specific Z-scores, which references the WHO child growth standard and the Thai growth reference. Results: Sixty-two thousand one hundred four OPD visits were divided into 31,662 OPD visits for boys and 30,442 OPD visits for girls. Percent of weight for age and height or length for age more than +2 Z-score of both boys and girls when using the Thai growth reference was greater than that using the WHO child growth standard, especially for children aged 0 to 12 months. The Thai growth reference classified as overweight were approximately 10.26% to 31.12% more than using the WHO child growth standard. There was no difference in classification of height by both standards. Conclusion: There was a difference in classification of nutritional status between the Thai growth reference and the WHO child growth standard. Keywords: Nutritional status, Pediatric growth reference, Assessment tool, Overweight

Development of a Self-Powered Food Sanitation Center

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brady Krass ◽  
Charles Hannon ◽  
Joseph Gerstmann
Keyword(s):  
Self Powered ◽  
Food Sanitation

Refrigeration and Child Growth: What Is the Connection?

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Martinez ◽  
Juan Manuel Murguia ◽  
Brisa Rejas ◽  
Solis Winters
Keyword(s):  
Child Growth

See How They Grow: Testing the Feasibility of a Mobile App to Support Parents' Understanding of Child Growth Charts

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gayl Humphrey ◽  
Rosie Dobson ◽  
Varsha Parag ◽  
Marion Hiemstra ◽  
Stephen Howie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Growth ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Growth Charts
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