Planning and Policy Making Unit, Ministry of Health, Gaza, Palestine.
East Mediterr Health J. 2013 Mar;19(3):234-41.
This cross-sectional, community-based, household survey was carried out in Gaza City, Palestine during the first half of 2009 to study the nutritional status of Palestinian preschool children aged 2-5 years under blockade. The response rate was 95.2% from a total sample of 770. The majority (94.4%) of households faced difficulties accessing food, the main cause was the siege and the shortage of food products; and the majority (85.5%) were food insecure households. Just over 50% of the preschoolers were anaemic, 26.8% of those who had a stool test had parasitic infections, and 15.0 were stunted. Food insecurity was the first predictor of stunting andd underweight, and malnutrition indicators indicate the worst situation in the Gaza Strip for several decades.
这项横断面、基于社区的家庭调查于 2009 年上半年在巴勒斯坦加沙市进行，旨在研究封锁下 2-5 岁巴勒斯坦学龄前儿童的营养状况。在总共 770 个样本中，回应率为 95.2%。大多数（94.4%）家庭在获取食物方面遇到困难，主要原因是围困和食品短缺；大多数（85.5%）家庭是粮食不安全家庭。略超过 50%的学龄前儿童贫血，26.8%接受粪便检查的儿童有寄生虫感染，15.0%发育迟缓。粮食不安全是发育迟缓的首要预测因素，而营养不良指标表明，加沙地带几十年来的情况最糟。
