BACKGROUND Stunting among children under five years old is associated with long-term effects on cognitive development, school achievement, economic productivity in adulthood and maternal reproductive outcomes. Accurate estimation of stunting and tools to forecast risk are key to planning interventions. We estimated the prevalence and distribution of stunting among children under five years in S...

The purpose of this study was to identify dietary patterns among adults in Québec and to determine their relationship to nutritional adequacy of the diet. We used 24-hour food recall data on 2,104 adults from the Québec nutrition survey (1990). Nutritional adequacy was assessed based on the 1990 Nutrition Recommendations for Canadians; dietary patterns were assessed via a factor analysis of the...

BACKGROUND Physical activity and sedentary behavior are common factors influencing cardiovascular health. However, how school and leisure-time activity/sedentary behavior are associated with physical fitness and blood lipid levels in primary school children in consideration of gender disparity remains unclear. METHODS Data was obtained from a health and nutrition survey on primary school chil...

Asian regions have been suffering from growing double burden of nutritional health problems, such as undernutrition and chronic diseases. National nutrition survey plays an essential role in helping to improve both national and global health and reduce health disparities. The aim of this review was to compile and present the information on current national nutrition surveys conducted in Asian c...

BACKGROUND Numerous surveys show that dietary supplements are used by a large proportion of the general public, but there have been relatively few surveys on the prevalence of dietary supplement use among health professionals, including physicians and nurses. Even less information is available regarding the extent to which physicians and nurses recommend dietary supplements to their patients. ...

OBJECTIVE To provide an overview of the Household Food Consumption and Anthropometric Survey, undertaken in Poland from September to November 2000. DESIGN A sub-sample of households participating in the countrywide, representative household budget survey (HBS) was selected to participate in the Household Food Consumption and Anthropometric Survey. Four thousand two hundred (4200) individuals ...

Introduction The surveys and other evidence which are drawn upon are part of the general scheme of surveillance of nutrition in Britain. Before 1968 this was by means of running indices (Berry & Hollingsworth, 1963), helped out by small-scale surveys and other work aimed to throw light on specific points. In 1968-1971, under the aegis of the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy, more det...

Weight-for-height and height-for-age data were compared for preschool-age Haitian children enrolled in a community health and nutrition intervention program and children measured in the Haiti national nutrition survey of 1978. Cross-sections of the longitudinal data of the intervention program corresponding to the season when the national survey was conducted (May-September) were chosen for th...

Child mortality rate in Nepal has seen a significant decline in the past fifteen years and is expected to achieve ‘Millennium Development Goal (MDG) four’ before the stipulated time. A substantial improvement has been seen in controlling micro-nutrient deficiencies and childhood illnesses in the country, yet Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM) among under five year children remains a stagnant pro...