Minaie Mina, Movahedi Ariyo, Motlagh Ahmadreza Dorosty, Abdollahi Zahra, Djazayery Abolghasem
Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, International Campus, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (IC-TUMS), Tehran, Iran.
Department of Nutrition, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Int J Prev Med. 2019 Oct 9;10:173. doi: 10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_143_18. eCollection 2019.
Child nutrition status is very important in all societies, which is influenced by the interaction of multiple factors including food security and socioeconomic status in both genders. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between food security and socioeconomic status with anthropometric indices among 2-5-year-old urban children in eight different cities in Iran.
In this cross-sectional study, anthropometric Z scores of 7028 children of urban area were measured by using World Health Organization (WHO) Anthro software based on WHO 2007 standards. Family food security was assessed by using HFIAS 9-item questionnaire. Socioeconomic status as well as health factors were analyzed using the SPSS.
Based on the present study, significant correlation was observed between sleep time, birth weight, and food security ( < 0.05) with body mass index (BMI), while the rest of the variables including age, family size, number of children, parents' education, breastfeeding duration, watching TV, playing computer games, playing outdoors, number of main eating, and number of snacks showed no significant relation ( > 0.05).
It was shown that 2-5 years old children's life are the most vital and vulnerable to the hazards of undernutrition or overweight and obesity, which could affect the whole health of the person. As food security affects BMI, it is important to focus more on this issue in order to improve child's health status.
儿童营养状况在所有社会中都非常重要，它受到多种因素相互作用的影响，包括粮食安全和男女两性的社会经济地位。本研究的目的是探讨伊朗八个不同城市2至5岁城市儿童的粮食安全和社会经济地位与人体测量指标之间的关系。
在这项横断面研究中，根据世界卫生组织2007年标准，使用世界卫生组织（WHO）Anthro软件测量了7028名城市儿童的人体测量Z评分。通过使用HFIAS 9项问卷评估家庭粮食安全。使用SPSS分析社会经济地位以及健康因素。
基于本研究，观察到睡眠时间、出生体重和粮食安全与体重指数（BMI）之间存在显著相关性（<0.05），而其余变量，包括年龄、家庭规模、子女数量、父母教育程度、母乳喂养持续时间、看电视、玩电脑游戏、户外玩耍、正餐次数和零食次数均无显著关系（>0.05）。
结果表明，2至5岁儿童的生命最为关键，最容易受到营养不良或超重及肥胖危害的影响，这可能会影响人的整体健康。由于粮食安全会影响BMI，因此为改善儿童健康状况，更应关注这一问题。
