Devindran Divanirsh, Ulaganathan Vaidehi, Oeh Zhe Yee, Tan Lih Xuan, Kuralneethi Silambarasi, Eng Zen Yang Eddie, Lim Lih Shiow, Chieng Wei Ni Grace, Tay Jia Ling, Lim Sook Yee
Faculty of Applied Sciences, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Malays J Med Sci. 2022 Feb;29(1):101-112. doi: 10.21315/mjms2022.29.1.10. Epub 2022 Feb 23.
The purpose of this study is to determine the association between dietary diversity and weight status of aboriginal primary school children.
Dietary diversity measures food intake diversity in food groups, whereas weight status indicates nutritional status. Dietary serving score (DSS) method was used to determine dietary diversity status, while weight status was assessed using BMI-for-Age (BAZ).
Results reported that 51.9% and 54.2% were male and 10 years old-12 years old children, respectively. A total of 36.4% of children consumed cereal/grains diversely while fruits were not diversely consumed by 96.4% of them. Approximately 60.8% of children were reported to have normal weight status, which was followed by overweight (17.7%), obese (16.7%) and thinness to severe-thinness (4.8%). There was an association between DSS of fruits, meat/fish/ eggs, legumes/lentils and milk/dairy products with age group, vegetables DSS with gender and BAZ with parental employment status ( < 0.05). The association between DSS of all food groups and total with BAZ were reported to be insignificant, indicating no association between both variables (0.00 < < 0.30; > 0.05).
Children from this study were shown to practice a monotonous diet, although the majority of them were within normal weight status.
本研究的目的是确定原住民小学生的饮食多样性与体重状况之间的关联。
饮食多样性衡量食物组中的食物摄入多样性，而体重状况表明营养状况。采用饮食份数评分（DSS）方法确定饮食多样性状况，同时使用年龄别体重指数（BAZ）评估体重状况。
结果显示，分别有51.9%和54.2%的儿童为男性且年龄在10岁至12岁之间。共有36.4%的儿童谷物摄入多样，而96.4%的儿童水果摄入单一。据报告，约60.8%的儿童体重状况正常，其次是超重（17.7%）、肥胖（16.7%）和消瘦至重度消瘦（4.8%）。水果、肉类/鱼类/蛋类、豆类/小扁豆和牛奶/乳制品的DSS与年龄组之间存在关联，蔬菜DSS与性别之间存在关联，BAZ与父母就业状况之间存在关联（P<0.05）。据报告，所有食物组的DSS总和与BAZ之间的关联不显著，表明这两个变量之间无关联（0.00<P<0.30；P>0.05）。
本研究中的儿童饮食单一，尽管大多数儿童体重状况正常。
