Hugo-Hamman C T, Kibel M A, Michie C A, Yach D
S Afr Med J. 1987 Sep 5;72(5):353-5.
An anthropometric study evaluated the nutritional state of pre-school children in the Site C squatter area of Khayelitsha township in Cape Town. A cluster sampling method was used and the weight for age, height for age, weight for height and mid-upper arm circumference of 872 children between the ages of 1 and 5 years were recorded. The National Centers for Health Statistics percentile charts were used as a reference standard. There was a low level of acute malnutrition with 13.7% of children below the 3rd percentile for weight for age. Acute severe malnutrition was not a problem with only 1.0% below the 3rd percentile weight for height. The figure of 47.2% below the 3rd percentile for height for age indicates high levels of chronic malnutrition. Only 42.2% of children had a 'Road to Health' card. The need for further research, nutritional surveillance and health care intervention is highlighted.
一项人体测量学研究评估了开普敦凯伊利沙镇C区棚户区学龄前儿童的营养状况。采用整群抽样方法，记录了872名1至5岁儿童的年龄别体重、年龄别身高、身高别体重和上臂中部周长。美国国家卫生统计中心百分位数图表用作参考标准。急性营养不良水平较低，13.7%的儿童年龄别体重低于第3百分位数。急性重度营养不良不是问题，只有1.0%的儿童身高别体重低于第3百分位数。年龄别身高低于第3百分位数的比例为47.2%，表明慢性营养不良水平较高。只有42.2%的儿童持有“健康之路”卡。突出了进一步研究、营养监测和医疗保健干预的必要性。
