Nutritional Intervention on Childhood Malnutritionin of Rural Nurseries in Qazvin Province, Iran

authors:

avatar Rosa Zavoshy 1 , avatar Mostafa Noroozi 1 , * , avatar Hassan Jahanihashemi 2 , avatar Dariush Kiamiri 3

Department of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran
General Physician (MD)

How To Cite Zavoshy R, Noroozi M, Jahanihashemi H, Kiamiri D. Nutritional Intervention on Childhood Malnutritionin of Rural Nurseries in Qazvin Province, Iran. Zahedan J Res Med Sci. 2013;15(3):e93074. 

Abstract

Background : Malnutrition is one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity in children. Not only include acute effects on children's health, but also it has long-term effects on their cognitive development and economic growth in the society. Wasting (weight for height with Z< -1) is one of the malnutrition indices in children. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of a cooked meal for 175 days on the anthropometric indices of weight, height and weight for height (wasting) of 3-6 years old children in all the rural nursery of Qazvin province, in Iran.
Materials and Methods : In this interventional study, 2385 children (48.8% female and 51.2% male) were recruited. Data were collected by a census in 2010. The children were received a cooked meal based on 360±20 kcal energy, 17% protein, 53% carbohydrate and 30% fat per day for 175 days at lunch time. The anthropometric indices were collected before and after the intervention. The results were analyzed using Paired t-test by SPSS-16 software.
Results : Prevalence of wasting malnutrition (mild & moderate) and sever after intervention reduced from 14.2 % and 0.95 % to 12.6% and 0.5 %, respectively (p< 0.05). Receiving a cooked meal significantly decreased wasting (15.2% to 13.2%) in all children (p< 0.01).
Conclusion : Receiving a cooked meal for 175 days had a significant reduction in wasting in all children.

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