Evaluation of the nutrition status of locomotors handicaps in Jeddah

Less information is available on the nutritional status of disabled children in developing countries, the work aimed to assess the nutritional status of I's handicaps. The studied sample included one hundred forty four handicaps aged 2-23 years; the demographic data, anthropometric measurements and dietary information were collected. The results revealed that the mean weight and height for age groups l-<4y, 4-<7y and7-lly were normal. About a half of sample [47.2%] were illiterate. 34.7% from parent were consanguineous, while 100% of handicap's mother did not receive any drugs during pregnancy, for 47.2% of children the impairment occrued after delivery. The handicaps aged l-<3y take adequate energy and fat, [1542kcal/d, 37.3g/d respectively], but low consumption from iron [5.2mg/d]. While the children aged 4->7y consumed enough amount from all nutrient except energy, protein and vt. A, but children aged 7->11y also consumed enough amount from all nutrient except protein and vt. C, the male aged 11-<15y consumed low energy, fat vt. A and C [1187kcal, 39.5g, 220.5 micro, 18.2mg respectively], but the females in the same age intake adequate amount from all nutrients. The male aged 15-<19y intake a low vt. A [208.4 micro g] and C [31.5mg]. Male aged 19-23y consumed inadequate amount from energy, fat, vt. A and C and calcium 1819.2kcal, 36.9g, 96.5 micro g, 57.3mg and 192.3mg respectively while the female in the same age consumed adequate amount from all nutrient except iron which is 10.4mg/d. The results clear that food intake was imbalanced there fore, they needed much attention to improve their diet and having important way to develop eating practices by using special tools, cooking method to suitable their ability for Chewing and swallowing

Assessment of nutritional status of obesity- women

Diet is becoming an increasingly important determinate of body weight in any community. The variations in body mass index are partly variation by energy intake; whereas regional variations in obesity are related to the educational level of the populatipn. The aim of this study was evaluation the nutrition status and nutrition pattern of obese women. The results reveled that the mean of weight and the height for all sample was 68.8kg +/- 17.3 and 155cm +/- 9.5 respectively, 50.4% of the participant reported that doing the housekeeping activity without servant, while the high percent showed in women with overweigh and obese women don't doing physical activity 55.2% and 57.4% rerpectively. 47.9% from all sample eat three meals per day, while 37.8% eat the breakfast meal and 29.4% did not eat breakfast, but 62.9% from the participant consider that the breakfast meal not important, while 42.3% from the overweigh women did not eat the breakfast because they make a diet to loss weight. 47.1% and 47.0% eat light food and fatty food outside the home respectively. The obese women take a large amount from the energy, protein and fat [2323.38kcal, 93.67g and 82.12g] respectively, and both of women who have overweigh and obesity showed high percent for excess amount from RDA for energy, protein, fat and carbohydrate. Both of obese women and women who have overweigh take high energy from fat. Statistical there was a significant different p<0.05 between the level of education and overweigh and obesity, while a significant different p<0.01 between work and level of income with overweigh and obesity