KHẢO SÁT TÌNH TRẠNG DINH DƯỠNG TRẺ EM TRONG ĐỘ TUỔI MẪU GIÁO TRÊN ĐỊA BÀN QUẬN TÂN PHÚ

Abstract

Nutrition is one of the concerns in our lives. However, nutrition for child audiences are more interested, especially the problem of malnutrition in children.Malnourished children will leave serious consequences. It has been affected their learning, labor and creativity. Getting the children's nutritional status by anthropometric methods are simple method, easy to implement, can evaluate nutritional status right to timely nutritional intervention. Through the survey of the nutritional status of children aged 3 to 6 years old, at 03 preschools in the Tan Phu district by means of anthropometric assessment showed that 9% were underweight, 7% were stunting at level 1. The cause of the malnourished children are their anorexia physiological and refuse to eat.
Key words: Malnutrition, anthropometric method, underweight, stunting.