Anemia prevalence in adolescent school going girls

Dhuppar, Puja; Patel, Suprava; Maski, Rahul; Bhattar, Ashok

doi:10.24327/ijrsr.2017.0804.0137

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“…(13) The current study reported that the most prevalent disability was Down's syndrome, Also, this is in line with Sharma and Mishra, (20) study who reported that both The present study found that the mean Hb level was statistically lower in underweight females in the age group (≥11 -14 years old). Similar results reported by Puja et al, (21) who found a significant distribution of anemia in low BMI school in Indian adolescent females which may be attributed to malnutrition and the onset of menstrual periods in girls are related to iron deficiency anemia during adolescence.…”

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Assessment of Nutritional status of children with special needs

Farha

Elesrigy

Farahat

et al. 2021

The Egyptian Family Medicine Journal

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Background: Nutrition for the children with special needs is a complex concern where the altered nutritional needs, physical problems, and behavioral issues are the sequence of reciprocal causes that influence each other. Objective: This study aimed to assess the nutritional status of the children with special needs based on anthropometric measures and hemoglobin (Hb) levels. Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled 208 children (aged from 6 to 14 years old, 92 males and 116 females) from 2 special needs children schools in Menoufia Governorate, Egypt. The included children were classified into 2 age groups (6-<11 years old) and (11-≤14 years old). Sociodemographic history, type of disability, weight of mother at delivery were obtained from the caregivers. The nutritional status of the studied children was evaluated based on anthropometric measurements according to standard WHO Z scoring procedures and Hb levels (g/dl). Results: Down syndrome represented the highest proportion of the studied participants (23.3%), followed by ADHD (16.3%). In accordance with the WHO child growth standard, 16.3% of the studied children were underweight and 46.2% were severely stunted. Regarding BMI, 24% of the participants were at risk for overweight, 11.5% were at risk for obesity, and 7.7% were severely wasted. There was a high statistically significant difference between type of disability and BMI. Moreover, a statistically significant difference was found between BMI, socioeconomic status, and mother's weight at delivery. Besides, the mean Hb level was significantly lower in underweight females in the 11-≤14 years old age group. Conclusion. Malnutrition is a prevalent problem in children with special needs. Type of disability, socioeconomic status, and mother's weight during pregnancy are strongly related to malnutrition in these children.

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Assessment of Nutritional status of children with special needs

Farha

Elesrigy

Farahat

et al. 2021

The Egyptian Family Medicine Journal

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“…In the study conducted by Thomas et al (2015), when anaemic adolescents were assessed for nutritional status by assessing BMI, it was found that 54% were in the normal range of BMI, 27.5% were very underweight, 17.5 % were underweight, and only 1% were overweight. Dhuppar et al (2017) studied 501 school going adolescent girls out of the 204 girls were anaemic, among them 125 had BMI below 18.5, 74 had BMI between 18.5-25 and 5 had BMI between 25.1-29.…”

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Prevalence of Folic Acid And Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Anemic Adolescents

Jain

Joag

Kshirsagar

2020

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Adolescents may enjoy nourishment trends, macrobiotic weight control plans and semi-starvation regimens in calories, nutrients and minerals. Protein need in a juvenile for every unit body weight is higher than that of grown-up; however, not exactly a quickly developing newborn child. Adolescence has higher nutrient and mineral needs contrasted and individuals all things considered other life stages. A community-based cross-sectional study of 200 school going anaemic adolescents of age group 10 – 19 years. A predesigned semi-organized survey was readied dependent on the audit of writing on Adolescent iron deficiency. The study included 200 anaemic adolescents belonging to two schools, 89 were males, and 111 were females. Male: female ratio was 1.25:1. Among a total of 200 participants, 122 anaemic adolescents belonged to early adolescence. The mean age of anaemic adolescent participants of this study was 13.19 years with a standard deviation of 1.23. among the participants, 137 anaemic adolescents took a vegetarian diet, and 63 anaemic adolescents took a mixed diet. There were three participants underweight according to BMI classification, and 190 had normal range of BMI, 132 adolescents had moderate anaemia (Hb- 8.0 to 10.9 ). Majority of 66.5%(133/200) had Vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia, 72.5%(145/200) had folic acid deficiency anaemia, and 58.5% (117/200) had combined Vitamin B12 and folic acid deficiency anaemia. Prevalence of anaemia in adolescent is a significant public health concern. Supplementation with not only iron and folic acid but also Vitamin B12 may be need of the day. Besides supplementation adequate education regarding quality food, cooking practices and health education is also necessary to be emphasized in adolescents.

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