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Assessment of Child Anthropometry in a Large Epidemiologic Study
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軽度,中度,重度の発育不全と体重不足の傾向と,開発途上国の141カ国におけるMDG1に向けた進展:人口を代表する代表的なデータの体系的な分析
Gretchen A Stevens1, Mariel M Finucane, Christopher J Paciorek
1Department of Health Statistics and Information Systems, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.
Lancet (London, England)
|July 10, 2012
まとめ
世界的な子供の栄養失調は改善を示していますが,進歩は不均等です. 発育不良や体重不足の発生率は減少したものの,多くの開発途上国は,子どもの成長に関するミレニアム開発目標1の目標を達成する上で依然として課題に直面しています.
科学分野:
- 世界的な子どもの健康
- 栄養学的流行病学について
- 発達小児科 発達小児科
背景:
- 子どもの人類学的な地位分布の国別動向に関するデータは限られている.
- すべてのレベルの栄養不良を評価するには,これらの完全な分布を理解する必要があります.
- ミレニアム開発目標1 (MDG 1) は,2015年までに重度の体重不足の流行を半減することを目指した.
研究 の 目的:
- 世界的に子供の人類学的状態の分布の傾向を推定する.
- 体重対年齢Zスコア (WAZ) のMDG1目標に向けた進展を評価する.
- アントロポメトリック・ステータス・トレンドにおける地域的変動を分析する.
主な方法:
- 高さ対年齢のZスコア (HAZ) とWAZ.人口を代表するデータを利用した.
- Z-スコア分布の推定のためにベイエスの階層的混合モデルを使用した.
- 世界保健調査とデータベースから得られたデータ.
主要な成果:
- 1985年から2011年にかけて,開発途上国におけるHAZとWAZの平均値は改善しました.
- 中等から重度の発育不全と体重不足の流行率が著しく減少した.
- 最大の改善はアジアで,最大の相対的な減少はラテンアメリカで,サハラ以南のアフリカは改善に続く初期悪化を示した.
結論:
- マクロ経済的な要因は,サハラ以南のアフリカの子供の栄養に悪影響を及ぼしている可能性があります.
- 公平な経済成長と栄養プログラムへの投資は,将来の進歩にとって極めて重要です.
- 世界経済危機は,子どもの成長と栄養に引き続き焦点を当てることの必要性を強調しています.
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