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KMID : 0379320020270010165
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Korean Journal of Rural Medicine
2002 Volume.27 No. 1 p.165 ~ p.181
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Survey on Nutritional Status for Preschool Children in a County in Jeju Island
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Hong Seong-Chul
Lee Sang-Yi
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Abstract
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The purpose of this survey was to assess the nutritional status of preschool children a county of Jeju Island. This study used health examinations results for preschool aged children, performed by the public health center of Pukjeju-gun in Jeju-do for over three years from 1999 to 2001, of children in kindergartens and children homes. The target children totaled 5,990 from the ages three to six. For a control group, 316 children from the nearby Jeju-city areas were included as well. The items of this research included height, weight, and hemoglobin values. 1. The average height of boys from ages three to six were 96.35㎝, 102.14㎝, 109.94㎝, 111.00cm respectively, and girls were 94.96㎝, 100.93㎝, 108.33㎝, 110.54cm respectively. The average weights of boys from ages three to six were 15.42㎏, 16.93㎏, 19.65㎏, 19.67㎏ respectively, and the weight of girls were 14.90㎏, 16.45㎏, 18.88㎏, 19.50㎏ respectively. 2. The percentages of children who did not reach 90% of the Korean standard height were 4.3% in boys 4.1% in girls. The percentages of children with less than 80% of the Korean standard weight were 7.6% in boys and 6.8% girls. The percentages of children over 120% of Korean standard weight were 10.4% in boys and 11.4% in girls. 3. As for the obesity level, the percentage of boys under-weighed(under 10% for standard weight for height) were 11.6% and girls, 9.5%, and the percentages of boys and girls with obesity(≥20%) were 3.6% and 4.4% respectively. 4. The mean hemoglobin value of boys were 11.83g/㎗ and girls, 11.83g/㎗. These were lower than the value of average normal Korean children (12.5g/㎗). The mena hemoglobin values of the children in Pukjeju-gunwere considerably lower than that of the children living in Jeju-city(12.3g/㎗) as well. Anemia of Children of Pukjeju-gun were estimated at 38.1%(male) and 37.2%(female), by using Hemoglobin level(<11.5g/㎗). 5. The rates of children included within the normal range of obesity level in Jeju-city and Pukjeju- gun were boys 80.2%, 71.6% in boys, and 77.4%, 72.4% in girls. The percentage of children living in PukJeju-gun included within the normal range were considerably low. 6. There were no changes in the Body Mass Index (BMI) during the three years from 1999 to 2001, but the percentage of children with anemia significantly increased. Health care for preschool aged children, especially in the rural areas, is very important. Centering on public health centers, it is necessary to systematically promote health care in the rural areas.
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KEYWORD
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preschool, rural area, nutrition, obesity, anemia
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