Mendoza Aldana J, Piechulek H
Bull World Health Organ. 1992;70(6):725-32.
The nutritional status of preschool-age children (0-59 months) in the Littoral Province of Cameroon was studied in a representative sample of the population of this age group in rural and urban areas, with a total of 2011 children. The nutritional indicators weight-for-height, weight-for-age, and height-for-age were compared with reference data from the United States National Center for Health Statistics. A high prevalence of stunting (15.2% in urban and 21.8% in rural areas, P < 0.0008) was found among the children. The prevalence of wasting was 4.0% in urban and 6.5% in rural areas (P < 0.03). In all age groups, rural children were shorter than urban children with no significant difference between the sexes. The increase in the prevalence of acute malnutrition (8.4%) since the last nutritional survey in 1978 (0.7%), which is probably due to a deterioration in the economic situation in recent years, indicates that urgent measures should be taken to improve the nutritional situation of these children, especially in the villages. The findings of the study could serve as baseline data for the evaluation of the effectiveness of future nutrition programmes.
对喀麦隆滨海省0至59个月龄学龄前儿童的营养状况进行了研究，研究对象为该年龄组城乡人口的代表性样本，共计2011名儿童。将身高别体重、年龄别体重和年龄别身高这些营养指标与美国国家卫生统计中心的参考数据进行了比较。结果发现，这些儿童中发育迟缓的发生率很高（城市地区为15.2%，农村地区为21.8%，P<0.0008）。消瘦的发生率城市地区为4.0%，农村地区为6.5%（P<0.03）。在所有年龄组中，农村儿童比城市儿童矮，且性别之间无显著差异。自1978年上次营养调查（发生率为0.7%）以来，急性营养不良发生率增加到了8.4%，这可能是由于近年来经济形势恶化所致，这表明应立即采取措施改善这些儿童的营养状况，尤其是农村地区儿童。该研究结果可作为评估未来营养项目效果的基线数据。
