AlZoubi Khaled M, Alshammari Ghedeir M, Al-Khalifah Abdulrahman S, Mohammed Mohammed A, Aljuhani Hind E, Yahya Mohammed A
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Food and Agricultural Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Children (Basel). 2021 Nov 15;8(11):1053. doi: 10.3390/children8111053.
This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional status and associated risk factors of Syrian children living in Saudi Arabia. In this study, 55 boys and 55 girls ranging in age from 6 to 12 years were selected. Socioeconomic data of families were collected using a structured questionnaire. The participants' anthropometric measurements were calculated. The 24-h recall method was applied to calculate the daily food intake. Dietary nutrients' average daily intake of both boys and girls was significantly ( ≤ 0.01) lower than that of the dietary reference intake (DRI) with few exceptions. The sedentary lifestyles of both boys and girls had a negative impact on their food choices, and as a result, a large number of them were underweight and suffered from malnutrition and stunting. Spearman correlation coefficients revealed that most of the children's dependent variables were risk factors and strongly and negatively associated with their nutritional status proxies. The study concluded that both boys and girls had unbalanced nutritional status with high percentages of malnutrition and stunting because most dependent factors were adversely related to the independent ones.
本研究旨在评估生活在沙特阿拉伯的叙利亚儿童的营养状况及相关风险因素。在本研究中，选取了55名年龄在6至12岁之间的男孩和55名女孩。使用结构化问卷收集家庭的社会经济数据。计算参与者的人体测量数据。采用24小时回忆法计算每日食物摄入量。除少数例外情况外，男孩和女孩的膳食营养素平均每日摄入量均显著低于膳食参考摄入量（DRI）（≤0.01）。男孩和女孩久坐不动的生活方式对他们的食物选择产生了负面影响，因此，他们中的许多人体重不足，患有营养不良和发育迟缓。斯皮尔曼相关系数显示，大多数儿童的因变量是风险因素，并且与他们的营养状况指标呈强烈的负相关。研究得出结论，男孩和女孩的营养状况均不均衡，营养不良和发育迟缓的比例较高，因为大多数相关因素与独立因素呈负相关。
