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Effectiveness of home-based "egg-suji" diet in management of severe acute malnutrition of Rohingya refugee children.
Roy, S K; Jahan, Khurshid; Khatoon, Soofia; Alam, Nurul; Tasnim, Saria; Parveen, Shahana; Ferdaus, Ambrina; Cubra, Khadijatul.
Afiliação
  • Roy SK; Bangladesh Breastfeeding Foundation (BBF), Institute of Public Health (IPH), Room #195-201, Mohakhali, Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh. skroy1950@gmail.com.
  • Jahan K; Bangladesh Breastfeeding Foundation (BBF), Institute of Public Health (IPH), Room #195-201, Mohakhali, Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh.
  • Khatoon S; Bangladesh Breastfeeding Foundation (BBF), Institute of Public Health (IPH), Room #195-201, Mohakhali, Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh.
  • Alam N; The International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr'b), Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Tasnim S; Bangladesh Breastfeeding Foundation (BBF), Institute of Public Health (IPH), Room #195-201, Mohakhali, Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh.
  • Parveen S; Community Based Health Care, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Ferdaus A; Bangladesh Breastfeeding Foundation (BBF), Institute of Public Health (IPH), Room #195-201, Mohakhali, Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh.
  • Cubra K; Bangladesh Breastfeeding Foundation (BBF), Institute of Public Health (IPH), Room #195-201, Mohakhali, Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh.
J Health Popul Nutr ; 41(1): 53, 2022 11 25.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36434664
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

Prevalence of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) among Rohingya children aged 6-59 months who took shelter in refugee camp in Cox's Bazar District, Bangladesh, was found to be 7.5%.

OBJECTIVE:

To measure the effectiveness of homemade diet in the management of severe acute malnutrition of Rohingya refugee children.

METHODS:

In total, 645 SAM children (MUAC < 11.5 cm) aged 6-59 months were selected and fed the homemade diet for 3 months by their caregivers and followed up for next 2 months. Nutrition counseling, demonstration of food preparation and the ingredients of food (rice powder, egg, sugar and oil) were provided to the families for 3 months to cook "egg-suji" diet to feed the children.

RESULTS:

The study children were assessed for nutritional status. After intervention, energy intake from diet increased from 455.29 ± 120.9 kcal/day to 609.61 ± 29.5 kcal/day (P = 0.001) in 3 months. Frequency of daily food intake improved from 4.89 ± 1.02 to 5.94 ± 0.26 (P = 0.001). The body weight of children increased from 6.3 ± 1.04 kg to 9.93 ± 1.35 kg (P = 0.001), height increased from 67.93 ± 6.18 cm to 73.86 ± 0.35 (P = 0.001) cm, and MUAC improved from 11.14 ± 1.35 cm to 12.89 ± 0.37 cm (P = 0.001). HAZ improved from - 3.64 ± 1.35 to - 2.82 ± 1.40 (P = 0.001), WHZ improved from - 2.45 ± 1.23 to 1.03 ± 1.17 (P = 0.001), WAZ improved from - 3.8 ± 0.61 to - 0.69 ± 0.78, and MUACZ improved from - 3.32 ± 0.49 to 1.8 ± 0.54 (P = 0.001) from the beginning to the end of observation. Morbidity was found in 5.12% children in the first month which reduced to 0.15% at the end of follow-up.

CONCLUSIONS:

Nutritional counseling and supply of food ingredients at refugee camps resulted in complete recovery from severe malnutrition for all children which was sustainable.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Refugiados / Desnutrição Aguda Grave Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Refugiados / Desnutrição Aguda Grave Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article