[Trends and prevalence of malnutrition among children under five year-old in Chinese rural of different classes].
OBJECTIVE
To study the trends and prevalence of malnutrition status among Chinese children under 5 year-old in different type rural areas from 1992 - 2002.


METHODS
The paper based on anthropometry data collected in 'National Nutrition Survey in 1992' and 'China National Nutrition and Health Survey in 2002' applied age - and sex - specific height and weight reference recommended by WHO/NCHS and analyzed data with the SAS8.2 software.


RESULTS
The prevalence of stunting among children under 5 year-old in four classes rural areas were 12.4%, 15.4%, 11.5% and 29.3% respectively, the prevalence of underweight were 7.4%, 8.7%, 5.4% and 14.4%. The prevalence of moderate stunting in Chinese rural areas had decreased from 20.5% in 1992 to 12.0% in 2002, the prevalence of severe stunting fell from 14.5% to 5.2%. Compared to 1992, the prevalence of moderate underweight and severe underweight decreased 47.7% and 72.3% respectively.
Wang
Zhihong
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Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
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Fengying
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Yisong
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012424:Rural Population