新疆四县农村3岁以下儿童营养状况分析

Analysis on nutritional status of children under three years of age in the poor rural areas of Xinjiang Vygur Autonomous Region

目的 了解新疆维吾尔自治区 (简称新疆 )农村 3岁以下儿童的营养状况 ,为针对性开展干预提供决策依据。方法 对新疆 4县进行了随机抽样横断面调查 ,以身高和体重作为衡量儿童营养状况的指标。结果 该地区 3岁以下儿童生长迟缓 (HAZ <- 2 )、低体重 (WAZ <- 2 )和消瘦 (WHZ <- 2 )的总患病率分别为 2 4.3 %、2 3 .1%和 9.1% ;维吾尔族高于汉族 ;经济差的县高于经济好的县。与NCHS/WHO标准分布比较 ,新疆儿童HAZ和WAZ的分布显著左移。结论 新疆农村 3岁以下儿童存在着较严重的营养问题。应积极开展营养健康教育 ,加强儿童常见病的防治。在重点干预的同时 。

Objective To investigate the nutritional status of children under 3 years old in the poor rural areas of Xinjiang Vygur Autonomous Region(Xinjiang province) in China, and to provide basis for intervention pertinently. Methods Under the design of cross-sectional study and randomly sampling, height and weight were used as measurement of nutritional status of children. Results The prevalences of stunting (Height for Age Z-score<-2), Underweight (Weight for Age Z-score<-2) and wasting (Weight for Height Z-score<-2) were 24.3%, 23.1% and 9.1%, respectively. The prevalence rates of the Vygur children were higher than those of the Han Nationality children and in the poor counties were higher than the wealthy counties. Compared with reference distribution of NCHS/WHO, the distribution of HAZ and WAZ shifted left significantly. Conclusions There are serious nutritional problems in the children under three years of age in the poor rural areas of Xinjiang Autonomous Region. It is important to promote education of nutrition and control the common diseases for children. In addition, it should be noticed that an intervention is required for the nutritional status of the entire children.