Naslov
Assessment of nutritional status amongst children in Croatia from 3 months to 9 years of age

Autori
Pavlić, Martina ; Šoher, Lidija ; Kenjerić, Daniela ; Rumbak, Ivana ; Pucarin Cvetković, Jasna ; Sokolić, Darja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
30th European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2023): Book of abstract: Obesity Facts 2023 ; 16(suppl 1):1–351 / - Basel : Kerger International, 2023, 186-186

Skup
30th European Congress on Obesity

Mjesto i datum
Dublin, Irska, 17.05.2023. - 20.05.2023

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
anthropometry ; nutritional status ; infants ; toddlers ; children

Sažetak
Introduction: Anthropometry data provide valuable insight in nutritional adequacy and the general health status of a population. The first national food consumption survey on children aged from three months to nine years of age in Croatia was conducted from 2019 to 2022. In the framework of this research, anthropometry was measured. Methods: The research was conducted on nationally representative sample of children (N=1820) with 18% infants, 29% toddlers up to 3 years of age and 53% of the children from 3 up to 9 years of age. Anthropometric measurements were conducted with Seca portable anthropometric set with 0.1 kg and 0.1 cm accuracy. Additionally, measures from pediatricians’ were taken if they were conducted within 2 weeks of conducting the survey. Anthro Software [1] was used to determine nutritional status of children up to 5 years of age and AntropoPlus [2] for children above 5 years of age. BMI-for-age was used as screening tool for identification of children up to 9 years of age in risk of being underweight or overweight. Cut off points were used according to WHO Growth standards [3] and WHO Growth reference [4]. Results: Majority of participants (72.5%) were found to have normal BMI-for-age. 6.8% of participants are characterized as children with Z-score above 2 for BMI-for-age out of which 1.8% of the population as children with Z-score above 3. In the group of nine-year-old children 20.6% of the population have Z-score for BMI-for-age between 1 and 2, while 8.8% of them have Z-score above 2. Z-scores above 1 for BMI-for-age were more common in boys (13.4%) than in girls (9.1%). In total of 5.1% participants are characterized as children with Z-score for BMI-for-age below -2. Conclusion: The results of this study provide us with information on current nutritional status in country. Percentage of children with Z-scores for BMI-for-age above 1 is increasing with age. Results indicate that national strategic plans are needed to prevent obesity and achieve adequate nutrition and growth of children.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita, Nutricionizam

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