Evaluation of Nutritional Status in Children Consulted to Polyclinics
Journal Title: Journal of Academic Research in Medicine - Year 2020, Vol 10, Issue 1
Abstract
Objective: We aimed to determine the nutritional status of children who applied to polyclinic for any reason. Methods: Anthropometric measurements of 1022 subjects aged between one month and eighteen years were evaluated prospectively between February 2017 and May 2017. According to the Gomez and Waterlow classifications, these measurements were calculated and malnutrition degrees were determined in this respect. Patients were evaluated according to relative weight and body mass index (BMI) in obesity measurement. Some patient groups were not included in the study consciously. These were patients with a birth weight of less than 2.500 g and a history of premature birth, and patients with chronic diseases were not included in the study. Results: The mean age of the patients was 5.7±3.9 years, 501 (49%) were female and 521 (51%) were male. Malnutrition was found in 22.3% (n=228) of the cases. According to the Gomez classification, 172 (16.8%) of them were mild, 53 (5.2%) were moderate, 3 (0.3%) were severe malnutrition. According to the Waterlow classification, 2.7% (n=28) of the cases were diagnosed as acute, 4.2% (n=44) as chronic and 1.8% (n=18) as acute-chronic malnutrition. In the first 6 months, there was no patient with malnutrition before the start of additional food. According to the relative weight, 171 (16.8%) of the cases were above 110%; 1.1% of them (n=12) were under 2 years of age. Of the cases younger than 2 years of age, 0.78% (n=8) were overweight and 0.39% (n=4) were obese. Of the 159 (15.6%) patients with a relative weight above 110%, the rate of BMI was 4.8% (n=50) over 85th percentile, ie overweight, 7.7% (n=78), 95th percentile. ie, obese and 3% (n=31) were within normal limits. Conclusion: According to our study, anthropometric measurements of the patients should be made and their nutrition should be questioned because of the high probability of detecting nutritional disorder. To any patient who came to pediatrics clinic, the importance of breastfeeding should be emphasized, and nutritional disorder rates will decrease with the introduction of additional food at the right time. Moreover, with the explanation of right food and the general nutrition rules, it is believed that the rates of nutritional disorders will decrease.
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Filiz Gül, Nur Şeyma Zengin, Seda Geylani Güleç
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