Incidence of malnutrition in children aged 0-6 years in Sivas, an eastern province of Turkey.
Malnutrition grades of 1000 children were established by various anthropometric measures in Sivas area. The general malnutrition rate was 30.5% according to weight for age, 27.7% for weight for height and 33.7% for mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) to head circumference (HC) ratio. The rates of severe malnutrition were noted to be low (1.8-2.2%) when using these criteria. Malnutrition in the 0-3 month babies was misleading, when measurement were solely based on the MUAC/HC ratio.
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Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas-Turkey.
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Gultekin
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D001132:Arm / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology