Under Nutrition in Pre-School Children of West Pokot, Kenya Jacqueline Wanjala, Grace Mbagaya and Joseph Rotich

Undernutrition in pre-school children of West Pokot,Kenya is a book that tries to assess the nutritional status of children aged 2-5 years. This cross sectional comparative study had equal number of pre-school children from the pastoral and farming communities of West Pokot.Anthropometric measurements of weight, height and MUAC were used to assess the nutritional status of pre-school children. Dietary data was collected using the 24 hour dietary recall. Hellen Keller Food frequency questionnaire was used to assess intake of Vitamin A rich foods. Stunting,underweight and wasting were found to be high in both communities. Pastoral and farming communities were found to be food insecure at a certain time of the year. The months the communities experienced food shortage was found to be a strong predictor of malnutrition in pastoral and farming communities of West Pokot,Kenya. This study recommended that there is need to address nutrition education by the government of Kenya... Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Under Nutrition in Pre-School Children of West Pokot, Kenya (Jacqueline Wanjala,Grace Mbagaya and Joseph Rotich)