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Identify the Main Factors of Dietary Patterns that Cause Stunting among School-age Children

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Clinical trials and cohort studies, with an emphasis on methods for assessing dietary exposures

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*Corresponding author: Reham M Abd-Elhady
Clinical Nutrition Dept, National Nutrition Institute.
 E-mail reham.mohamed2907@gmail.com
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Received: 10 August 2024
Accepted: 9 September 2024 Published online: 20 September 2024
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Haggag MH; Hammad EM; Habib EE and Abd Elhady RM (2024): Identify the Main Factors of Dietary Patterns that Cause Stunting among School-age Children. BNNI (64) 16-34. doi 10. 21608/ bnni.2024. 380626
Internationally one of the important indicators of nutritional status and health in populations is child growth. The cumulative impact of malnutrition, which begins before birth, is evident in the percentage of children with a low height for their age. This study aimed to reveal the nutritional factors that promote stunting among school-age children. The study included fifty school-age stunted children from 6-12 years chosen randomly from the Short Stature Clinics at the National Nutrition Institute, Ministry of Health, Cairo, Egypt, after having a medical examination by the physicians. Children with stunting due to non-nutritional reasons were excluded. Anthropometric, laboratory, clinical, and dietary evaluations were made. Also, socioeconomic, and nutritional awareness were evaluated. Results of the study indicated that the primary reasons for stunting are a lack of nutritional awareness among children and their mothers, with a percentage of 52% ± 12% and 45.3% ± 11.3%, respectively, and insufficient economic level. Most of the children in the study neglected breakfast and had poor nutritional habits in the frequency of unhealthy foods. In conclusion, nutritional awareness, and poor eating habits were the main causes of stunting among school-aged children. So, nutritional multimedia awareness should be encouraged.

DOI

10.21608/bnni.2024.380626

Keywords

Stunting factors, Dietary Pattern, and stunting causes

Authors

First Name

Mohammed

Last Name

Haggag

MiddleName

H

Affiliation

Nutrition and Food Science Dept., Faculty of Home Economics, Helwan University National Nutrition Institute( NNI)

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City

Cairo

Orcid

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First Name

Elsayed

Last Name

Hammad

MiddleName

M

Affiliation

Clinical Nutrition Dept., National Nutrition Institute, Ministry of Health, Cairo, Egypt National Nutrition Institute( NNI)

Email

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City

Cairo

Orcid

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First Name

Eman

Last Name

Habib

MiddleName

E

Affiliation

Clinical Nutrition Dept., National Nutrition Institute, Ministry of Health, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

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City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Reham

Last Name

Abd-Elhady

MiddleName

M

Affiliation

Clinical Nutrition Dept., National Nutrition Institute, Ministry of Health, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

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City

Cairo

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Volume

64

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

49914

Issue Date

2024-12-01

Receive Date

2024-09-20

Publish Date

2024-12-01

Page Start

16

Page End

34

Print ISSN

1110-0974

Online ISSN

2537-0987

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BNNI_Volume 64_Issue 2_Pages 16-34.pdf

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Bulletin of the National Nutrition Institute of the Arab Republic of Egypt

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Identify the Main Factors of Dietary Patterns that Cause Stunting among School-age Children

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23 Dec 2024