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Prevalence of Various Nutritional Deficiencies in School Going Children of District Malakand Pakistan

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Nutritional Surveys (dietary, Clinical biochemical and Anthropic )

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The aims of the study are to explore the Prevalence of various Nutritional Deficiencies in School Children of Malakand; Pakistan of aged 4 to 15 years, An Institutional based cross-sectional study design was used. In the current research work, a total of 250 samples were isolated from school-going children. The samples were collected from male and female students of age 4-15 years. Among the all samples nutritional anemia was found more frequent at 30(12%), led by malnutrition at 25(10%), moderate prevalence was shown by underweight 10(4%) and stunting 8(3.2%) prevalence rate. while very low frequency was shows by wasting(2(0.8%) respectively. Out of 250 children, the number of males was slightly higher than females. Nutritional Anemia and malnutrition were observed in the school-going children respectively. The prevalence of nutritional Anemia among school-going children varied with age. Children of the lower age group had a significantly higher prevalence of nutritional Anemia compared with the higher age group. Although the prevalence of nutritional anemia was higher in both age groups and sexes, Nutritional Anemia prevalence was significantly higher among school-going children. The findings of our study reveal that the lower ages of both genders 1/3rd of children were found anemic, maltreated, and underweight. So the parents, doctors, and government should focus on the nutritional status of the children.
 

DOI

10.21608/enj.2024.400088

Keywords

Key words: Malnutrition, Anemia, Underweight, Stunting, Wasting

Authors

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Muhammad

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Kashif Gul1

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1Deapartment of Health Khyber Medical University Peshawar, Paksitan 25000

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Yaseen

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Khan1

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, Shakir

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Ullah2,

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2Department of Microbiology Abasyn University Peshawar Pakistan

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, Maryam

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Bibi2

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Muhammad

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Rahman3

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3Department of Microbiology University of Swat, Pakistan

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Said

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Ullah4

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4Department of Pathology Qazi Hussain Ahmad Medical Complex Nowshera , Pakistan

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Dr Umair

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Islam5

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5 Department of Internal Medicine KTH Peshawar Pakistan

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Basit

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Ali6

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6 Department of Veterinary Tando jam University of Sindh Pakistan

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Usman

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Saeed7

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7 Department Zoology GC University Lahore Pakistan

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Volume

39

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4

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51849

Issue Date

2024-12-01

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2024-12-26

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2024-12-01

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35

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44

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1687-1235

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2090-2514

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1,704

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Egyptian Journal of Nutrition

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https://ejn.journals.ekb.eg/

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Prevalence of Various Nutritional Deficiencies in School Going Children of District Malakand Pakistan

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28 Dec 2024