Thaver I H
Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi.
J Pak Med Assoc. 1990 Mar;40(3):59-61.
Of 279 children, below the age of 5 years, studied from January to March 1984, 30% had some degree of malnutrition. Risk factors like low birth weight, low family income, previous attacks of diarrhoea and absent or inadequate breast feeding were found to have a strong association with malnutrition. In the "Well Baby Clinic", extra attention was given to the children having those risk factors. Nutritional status determined after 2 years showed that though there was no reduction in the overall percentage of malnourished children but the degree of severity of malnutrition definitely decreased.
在1984年1月至3月研究的279名5岁以下儿童中，30%有一定程度的营养不良。发现低出生体重、家庭收入低、既往腹泻发作以及母乳喂养缺失或不足等风险因素与营养不良有很强的关联。在“健康婴儿诊所”，对有这些风险因素的儿童给予了额外关注。两年后确定的营养状况表明，虽然营养不良儿童的总体百分比没有降低，但营养不良的严重程度肯定有所下降。
