Musa, Noraini and Pasi, Hafizah and Kamaruzaman, Nor Azam (2021) Feeding profile of infant and young children with stunting in Kuantan, Pahang. In: Medical Research Symposium 2021, 14 December 2021, Kuantan, Pahang. (Unpublished)
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Abstract
Stunting refers to low height for age primarily due to chronic under nutrition. It is the most prevalent form of malnutrition in the under-five population, both globally and locally. This study aims to describe the feeding profiles of infant and young children who were diagnosed with stunting. It revealed that 1 in 4 of the stunted children was non-exclusively breastfed, while feeding problem was prevalent among them. 25% of children were non-exclusively breastfed. 40% received inadequate meal frequency, 57.5% inadequate meal amount, 7.5% inadequate meal variety and 15% were not actively fed. Recognition and intervention of feeding problem are critical to improve the overall health and nutritional status of under five children with stunting.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Poster) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | feeding, infant, children, stunting, under-five |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Heatlh. Child health services. Preventive health services for children |
| Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button): | Kulliyyah of Medicine > Department of Family Medicine (Effective: 1st January 2011) Kulliyyah of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Dr Nor Azam Kamaruzaman |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Aug 2022 09:39 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Aug 2022 09:39 |
| URI: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/99515 |
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