Nutritional status of young children in Grenada
Kingston; Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute; Apr. 1976. 34 p. tab. (CFNI-T-36-76).
Monografia
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Localização: GD3; GD 15.03.02.GU / JM2.1
ABSTRACT
Reports on a survey which covered approximately 25 per cent of the estimated population under 5 years. The study looked at the following areas weight for age; weight at birth; hospital admissions; haematology; intestinal parasites; and food intake. Findings show that 40 per cent of children suffered from some degree of malnutrition and that a high percentage of children were born underweight as a result of the poor diet of the mothers during pregnancy. There is also a high prevalence of intestinal diseases. Suggestions are given for a well balanced diet for severely malnourished children; supplememtal feeding programmes at the child welfare clinics; the deworming of children in school in the short term and improving the water supply in the long term. The report strongly favours that priority be given to the development of a supplemental feeding programme for pregnant women even over the feeding of pre-school children
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Assunto principal:
Transtornos da Nutrição Infantil
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Inquéritos Nutricionais
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Estado Nutricional
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Anemia
Tipo de estudo:
Fatores de risco
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe Inglês
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Granada
Idioma:
Inglês
Ano de publicação:
1976
Tipo de documento:
Monografia