NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF THAI SCHOOLGIRLS AT THE AGE 15 IN THUAN CHAU DISTRICT, SON LA PROVINCE IN 2021

Thi Minh TRAN, Khanh Thu TRAN, The Diep NGUYEN

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Abstract

A cross sectional study was conducted in 2021 on 209 children born in 2006 in 3 middle
schools in Thuan Chau district, Son La province to assess their nutritional status
using BMI for age Z-Score. The results showed that the average weight and height of the
children 45.2 ± 4.4 kg and 152.6 ± 5.1 cm, respectively. Mean HAZ (height for age) and
BAZ (BM for age) was -1.24 ± 0.73 and -0.29 ± 0.64. The rate of stunting was 12.4%,
of which moderate proportion was 10.5% and severe proportion was 1.9%. The rate of
wasting was 0.5%.

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