Journal of Nutrition and Health
- Volume 14 Issue 4
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- Pages.190-199
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- 1981
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- 2288-3886(pISSN)
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- 2288-3959(eISSN)
A Survey of Nutrition and Parasitic Infection of Rural Young Children in the Family Health Project Area in Korea
농촌(農村) 가정보건사업지역(家庭保健事業地域)의 어린이 영양(營養) 및 기생충조사
- Park,, Myung-Yun (Department of Public Health, Graduate School, Seoul National University) ;
- Yi, Bo-Sook (Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Home Economics, Seoul National University) ;
- Lee, Eun-Wha (Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Home Economics, Seoul National University) ;
- Mo, Su-Mi (Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Home Economics, Seoul National University) ;
- Lee, Kyung-Ja (Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Home Economics, Seoul National University)
- 박명윤 (서울대학교 보건대학원) ;
- 이보숙 (서울대학교 가정대학 식품영양학과) ;
- 이은화 (서울대학교 가정대학 식품영양학과) ;
- 모수미 (서울대학교 가정대학 식품영양학과) ;
- 이경자 (서울대학교 가정대학 식품영양학과)
- Published : 1981.12.30
Abstract
A survey of nutrition and incidence of parasites was conducted from January 23 to 31 and February 14 to 18, 1981, to determine the nutritional status of young children under the age of 6 years, in one of the rural family health project areas: Whaseoung-gun, Kyunggi-do, Korea. This study covered a total of 233 children. The results are summarised as follows: Approximately one-half of these families had an annual income between \1,000,000 and \2,500,000. Nearly 84% of the households were involved in farming. Energy intake of children met 70.6% of the requirement: carhohydrates provided 77%, protein provided 11%, and fat provided 12% of the total energy intake. Low intake of iron; calcium; and vitamins, excluding thiamin, was also found. Mean hemoglobin value was
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