Swami H M, Thakur J S, Bhatia S P, Bhatia V
Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Chandigarh.
J Indian Med Assoc. 2001 Oct;99(10):554-6.
Nutritional status of 1286 pre-school children selected by a stratified random sampling and residing in urban, rural and slum areas of Chandigarh was assessed by weight for age criteria by making domicilliary visits. The overall prevalence of protein energy mulnutrition (PEM) was found to be 51.6% while 65.4%, 26.3%, 5.3% and 3% of children had grades I, II, II and IV PEM, respectively. The prevalence of malnutrition significantly increased with increase in age till 3rd year, then started declining (P<0.001). The prevalence of PEMwas significantly higher among Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS) beneficiaries (53.8%) than non-ICDS beneficiaries (46.9%); P<0.05. More attention and better impetus are required to be given to improve the nutritional status of pre-school children in Chandigarh.
通过分层随机抽样选取了1286名居住在昌迪加尔市城市、农村和贫民窟地区的学龄前儿童，并通过上门家访，根据年龄别体重标准评估了他们的营养状况。发现蛋白质能量营养不良（PEM）的总体患病率为51.6%，而分别有65.4%、26.3%、5.3%和3%的儿童患有I级、II级、III级和IV级PEM。营养不良的患病率在3岁前随年龄增长显著增加，之后开始下降（P<0.001）。综合儿童发展服务（ICDS）受益儿童中PEM的患病率（53.8%）显著高于非ICDS受益儿童（46.9%）；P<0.05。需要给予更多关注和更大推动，以改善昌迪加尔市学龄前儿童的营养状况。
