nutrition survey of infants and preschool children in Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Anthropometric data of a nutrition survey of 849 infants and children, aged 0-6 years in four semi-rural regions of Saudi Arabia showed mild to moderate stunting for most age-sex groups. None of the age groups reached the median height for age and none were classified as severely stunted. Weight for height measurements showed the absence of wasting in any degree for all age-sex groups. The United States National Center for Health Statistics standards were used