title: Nutritional intervention on malnutrition in 3-6 years old rural children in Qazvin Province, Iran.
abstract: Malnutrition is one of the major causes of mortality and morbidity in children. Not only include acute effects on children's health, but also it has long-term effects on their cognitive development and economic growth in the society. Wasting (weight for height with Z<-1) is one of the malnutrition indices in children. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of a cooked meal for 175 days on the anthropometric indices of weight, height and weight for height (wasting) of 3-6 years old children in all the rural nursery of Qazvin province, in Iran. In this interventional study, 2385 children (48.8% female and 51.2% male) were recruited. Data were collected by a census in 2010. The children were received a cooked meal based on 360 +/- 20 kcal energy, 17% protein, 53% carbohydrate and 30% fat per day for 175 days at lunch time. The anthropometric indices were collected before and after the intervention. The results were analyzed using paired t-test by SPSS V.16 software. Prevalence of wasting (mild and moderate) and (sever malnutrition) after intervention reduced from 14.2 and 0.95-12.6 and 0.5%, respectively (p < 0.05). Receiving a cooked meal significantly decreased wasting (15.2-13.2%) in all children (p < 0.05). Nutritional intervention with cooked meal for 175 days had significant reduction in wasting in all children.
authors.affiliation: Department and Laboratory of Nutrition and Biochemistry, Shahid Bahonar Boulevard, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zavoshy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Noroozi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jahanihashemi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kiamiri
mesh_terms: D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003296:Cooking; D004032:Diet; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009724:Nurseries, Infant; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009752:Nutritional Status; D015995:Prevalence; D019035:Rural Health Services; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome