title: [Status of anemia among children under 5 years of age in the economically less developed rural areas from the 6 western provinces of China, in 2009].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the status of anemia among children under 5 years of age in the economically less developed rural areas from 6 western provinces of China in 2009.
  
  
  METHODS
  8141 study subjects were from the program- 'Study on Appropriate Technology of Children Under-nutrition Improvement in Poor Rural Areas'.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 2009, the prevalence of anemia among children under 5 years of age in the above said rural areas from 6 western provinces was 24.1%. The prevalence of anemia among male children was much higher than that among female children. The peak of anemia prevalence (38.5%) was among children of 6 - 11 months. The prevalence of anemia decreased along with the increase of age.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results from the study demonstrated that anemia among the preschool children was a public health problem in poor rural areas of western China. Improving the knowledge on reasonable feeding seemed a better way for the prevention and control of anemia plus providing complementary nutrients sprinkle to the affected children.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
authors.forename: Ji-guo
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wen-wen
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: DU
authors.forename: Chang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Ai-dong
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yu-xia
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Feng-ying
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Zhai
mesh_terms: D000740:Anemia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011204:Poverty Areas; D012424:Rural Population