[Differences in nutrition manners among short-statured and tall-statured girls and boys from Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship].
BACKGROUND
The problem of body height deficiency, being an effect of undernutrition of children in developing countries, is widely described in the literature, whereas very little attention is devoted to the estimation of the nourishment of children and adolescents with body height deficiency in developed countries. The aim of the study is the quality and quantity assessment of nutrition manners among short-statured and tall-statured girls and boys.


METHODS
The study was conducted in a group of 86 short-statured girls and 113 short-statured boys (of a body height lower than 10th percentile) as well as 45 tall-statured girls and 44 tall-statured boys (of a body height higher than 90th percentile) aged 7-16 years. 24-hour dietary recall has been applied to assess nutrition manner.


RESULTS
Daily food rations of the subjects in both groups did not differ markedly in terms of the content of energy, protein, polyunsaturated fatty aids as well as fat-soluble vitamins, that is vitamins D and E, and among boys also vitamin A. However, diets of tall-statured children and youth were characterized by a higher percent of energy coming from protein, a higher content of animal protein, mineral ingredients and some vitamins. Quality analysis has indicated that menu of 65% of short-statured children and youth was drawn up at variance with the rules of a well-balanced diet, and among over 40% of the subjects milk and dairy products were lacked in the diet.


CONCLUSIONS
Deficiency of some nutritional ingredients as well as improper combination of food rations in terms of quality, stated in the group of short-statured girls and boys, could cause a worse use of developmental potential.
Suliga
Edyta
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Instytut Zdrowia Publicznego, Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu Uniwersytetu Humanistyczno-Przyrodniczego Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach. edyta.suliga@pu.kielce.pl
D000293:Adolescent; D001827:Body Height; D015984:Causality; D002648:Child; D015362:Child Nutrition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011044:Poland