Study on situation some of factor that effect to malnutrition at children under 5 years old

ABSTRACT

Study on 400 babies under 5 years old and their mothers at Thua Thien Hue province, Huong Thuy district, Thuy Phu commune. Results: rate of malnutrition was 39,75%, in which malnutrition of moderate and serious degree was 97.5% and 2,5% ……… Rate of stunted malnutrition was 38,25%, scraggy malnutrition rate was 19,75%. Children in poor families had higher risk of malnutrition than in prosperpous families (50% vs 37,22%). Malnutrition in under 2500 gr low weight newborns was 49,40%, in having more 2 children family was 46,56%, in children who didn’t feeded by mother’s milk was 75%, In stop suck under 12 months children was 64%. In addition still have pathology factors as diarrhoea malnutrition 49.05%, pneumonia malnutrition 47,97%