Open AccessAssessment of the nutritional status and factor associated with children under 5 in remote areas at Don Duong district, Lam Dong province.
Author(s) -
Trần Thị Ngọc Hải,
Ngô Thanh Thảo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2354-0613
DOI - 10.52163/jcm.v62i2.52
Subject(s) - underweight , breastfeeding , environmental health , medicine , malnutrition , geography , socioeconomics , consumption (sociology) , pediatrics , overweight , body mass index , social science , pathology , sociology
A cross-sectional study established the nutritional status (wasted status) and factors associated with children under 5 years old living in remote areas, Don Duong district, Lam Dong province, 2019. The results showed: the percentage of underweight was 19.3%. There are several factors associated with the nutritional status included: Iron-folic tablet consumption, social-economic status of family, birth weight, breastfeeding, vitamin A consumption, sick child nursing.