Selected indices of health status in 6-year-old children and their families from southern Poland
Journal Title: New Medicine - Year 2014, Vol 18, Issue 3
Abstract
Aim. The aim was to analyse selected indices of health status in 6-year-old children and their families from southern Poland.Material and methods. The studied population comprised 120 six-year-old children, 64 girls and 56 boys, who attended the last grade in the preschools in Nowy Sącz and the vicinity. The children’s parents filled in questionnaires on selected indices of health status of the children and their families. Statistical analysis was carried out by means of the IBM SPSS Statistics 21 computer programme. The studied population was divided according to gender.Results. Boys were characterised by statistically significantly higher birth weight than girls, 3.5 kg and 3.3 kg, respectively. Most children, 78.0%, took vitamin and mineral supplements, and substantial percentages of the children took medicines and suffered from food allergies or other allergies, 22.9%, 10.4% and 14.7%, respectively. Substantial percentages of parents informed that there were diet-related
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Sylwia Merkiel, Wojciech Chalcarz
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