Stella Ainun Abdullah (2002) Nutritional status (as determined by anthropometric data) of children aged 6 to 8 years in Kota Kinabalu and Ranau. Masters thesis, Universiti Malaysia Sabah.
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Abstract
This is a cross-sectional study to assess the nutritional status (as determined by anthropometry) of children aged 6 to 8 years in Kota Kinabalu and Ranau, and to correlate lifestyle, dietary habits and socioeconomic with the anthropometry indexes. A total of 1,777 children were involved in this study, 804 girls (232 aged 6, 261 aged 7 and 311 aged 8) and 973 boys (274 aged 6, 326 aged 7 and 373 aged 8). Weight for age, height for age and weight for height between minus two standard deviations (-2 SD) and plus two standard deviations (+2 SD) of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) median were considered as having normal growth attainment, below minus 2 SD were considered malnourished and above plus 2 SD NCHS median were considered over nourished. The overall prevalence rate of stunting was 11.3% (7.5% girls and 14.4% boys), 9.8% underweight (7.7% girls and 11.5% boys), and 5.7% wasting (5.7% girls and 5.7% boys). New found overweight problem was established with an overall prevalence rate of 8.9% overweight (8.1 % girls and 9% boys). No significant differences were found amongst various ethnic groups and anthropometric indexes except for Chinese boys who were different from other ethnic groups in height for age only. Proxy measurements such as MUAC were found to correlate with malnutrition, and triceps skinfold correlate with overweight. There were differences in socioeconomic status between Kota Kinabalu and Ranau based on mean income levels. Changing food consumption patterns such as eating out and taking western type of foods were evident. Malnutrition was correlated with a lower socioeconomic status, and with a lower quality diet. Overweight boys were correlated with higher socioeconomic status, and with a sedentary lifestyle. Perception of parents on the weights of these children was negatively correlated with both malnutrition and overweight children in this study.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Keyword: | Child nutrition, Anthropometry, Nutritional status, Stunting, underweight, wasting |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QP Physiology > QP1-(981) Physiology > QP1-345 General Including influence of the environment |
| Department: | FACULTY > Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition |
| Depositing User: | DG MASNIAH AHMAD - |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jul 2025 10:08 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Jul 2025 10:08 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/44271 |
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