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Nutritional status of students in Ongkharak district, Nakhon Nayok province according to age groups and gender : Cross sectional study |
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| Creator | Kittipong Kongsomboon, Nattakarn Wongjitrat , Somboon Chansakulporn, Sakara Hutspardol |
| Title | Nutritional status of students in Ongkharak district, Nakhon Nayok province according to age groups and gender : Cross sectional study |
| Publisher | Faculty of Medicine,Srinakharinwirot University |
| Publication Year | 2549 |
| Journal Title | Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences |
| Journal Vol. | 13 |
| Journal No. | 2 |
| Page no. | 197-206 |
| Keyword | nutritional status , underweight , risk of overweight , overweight |
| ISSN | 0859-3304 |
| Abstract | Nutritional status was one of the major problems in school age. It composed of underweight, risk of overweight and overweight. These nutritional problems effected child'shealth very much. The ways to solve these problems were to know the nutritional status of children. They can be detected by Body mass index (BMI) compared to BMI for age from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA. (CDC) and used nutritional status criteria from World Health Organization (WHO). This study collected data; weight and height, from students in primary and secondary schools in Ongkharak district, Nakorn-nayok province. The cross sectional study was designed to compare BMI for age between genders and between 50th percentiles from CDC. Their correlations (R) were no significant difference. Chi-square test was used to compare betweenage groups at p value < 0.05. The result was that age group 6-9 years old had the most underweight and age group 9-12 years old had the most risk of overweight and overweight. The amount of girls was 2 times more than the amount of boys so that nutritional status of girls was the same as the whole students in Ongkharak district. Whereas the age groups of boys had no difference in nutritional status. The mean of BMI for age of students in Ongkharak district was almost the same as 50thpercentile from CDC. The underweight and risk of overweight / overweight were found frequently at the age group 6-9 years old and 9-12 years old, respectively. Nutritional status of the girl was different among age groups, while the boy was not. This study should be cohort because it was reasonable to follow up nutritional status. And the factors that effected nutritional status should be studied next. |
