Nutritional status of Kadazan children in a rural district in Sabah, Malaysia.
The nutritional status of 896 Kadazan children below 6 years of age from 23 villages of Tambunan District were studied. When stunting and wasting were defined as those who were below two standard deviations of height-for-age and weight-for-height (Waterlow et al, 1977) and based on the National Center for Health Statistics reference population, 67.6% of boys and 66.8% of girls were stunted while 12.3% of boys and 8.3% of girls were wasted. Weaning foods and toddler feeding practices were unsatisfactory. The role of health education on child care and feeding practices is emphasized.
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Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.
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D000886:Anthropometry; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009752:Nutritional Status; D012424:Rural Population