Comparison of Undernutrition Prevalence of Children under 5 Years in China between 2002 and 2013 / 生物医学与环境科学（英文）

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To describe the undernutrition status of children under 5-year in China, and study the trend between 2002 and 2013).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The study was based on two national surveys. Undernutrition was determined against WHO's 2006 growth standards. The prevalence in 2013 and 2002 was weighted by China sixth National Population Census (2010). The relationship between undernutrition and gender/age groups/different areas use weighted logistic regression.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The results indicated the overall prevalence of stunting, underweight, and wasting of Chinese children under 5-year was 8.1%, 2.4%, and 1.9% in 2013, respectively. The prevalence of stunting was higher for children aged 12-47 month, while underweight was higher for children aged 48-59 month. The prevalence of undernutrition was higher in rural areas than in urban areas, especially in poor rural areas. There was a decline of stunting, underweight, and wasting between 2002 and 2013 among the children, with greater reduction in rural areas than in urban areas.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The prevalence of undernutrition of children under 5-year remains high in rural areas especially in poor rural areas in China. It is urgent to take action to control undernutrition in the vulnerable areas and subgroups.</p>

Prevelence of intestinal parasitic infection in children and monks in Bangkok, saraburi and nakhon pathom.

From 1983 to 1986, the authors surveyed for intestinal parasites in four groups of people. In the first group of 474 elementary school children in Bangkok aged 6-15 years, parasites were found in31.2 percent of the specimens examined, the highest prevalence of helminthes being hookworm and Ascaris lumbricoides, i.e. 9.2 and 7.5 percent, respectively; in the second group of 202 monks in Bangkok aged 10-77 years, intestinal parasites were observed in 19.8 percent of the cases, the findings bring hookworm (20.8%) and Strongyloides stercoralis (14.6%); in the third group of 308 monks in Saraburi province aged 10-67 years, intestinal parasites were detected in 60.4 percent of the cases, the finding being hookworm (36.5%) and Opisthorchis viverrini (36.1%); and in the fourth group of 459 monks in Nakorn Pathom province aged 13-35 years, intestinal parasites were found in 53.6 percent of the cases, the finding being Opisthorchis viverrini (32.7%) and hookworm (28.1%) in the firsts group; and Blastocystis hominis (22.9%, 6.9% and 10.6%); Entamoeba coli (12.5%, 6.2% and 8.0%) in the second, third and fourth groups, respectively.