Nutritional status and feeding practices among toddlers in selected nurseries in Puncak Alam, Selangor, Malaysia / Naleena Devi Muniandy, Nik Aishah Aliffah Mahdy, Ifrah Ruwaida Mat Saad

Muniandy, Naleena Devi and Mahdy, Nik Aishah Aliffah and Mat Saad, Ifrah Ruwaida (2020) Nutritional status and feeding practices among toddlers in selected nurseries in Puncak Alam, Selangor, Malaysia / Naleena Devi Muniandy, Nik Aishah Aliffah Mahdy, Ifrah Ruwaida Mat Saad. Health Scope, 3 (3). pp. 69-73. ISSN 2735-0649

Abstract

Nutrition intake and growth during the first five years of life is vital to ensure optimum growth and cognitive development of a child. The National Health and Morbidity Survey in this country indicated that stunting was highest among children 24 to 35 months while overweight was highest among 36 to 47 months, indicating the importance of nutrition assessment in these groups of children. Hence, this study was designed to assess the current growth and nutrition intake and history of feeding practices of the participants. Sixty-seven participants from nine selected nurseries were included in this cross-sectional study. The anthropometry measurements were taken and compared with the WHO growth charts. A three days food diary was used to assess the nutrition intake of the participants. The study revealed that the participants consumed more than twice than the national protein recommendation (boys: 30.7 ± 4.4, and girls 29.7± 5.0) and low calcium intake (boys: 369.7±108.5, girls: 444±51.9). The results also showed a poor history of feeding practices, in which only 25% of the participants were exclusively breastfed until six months and early initiation of solids and semi-solids, as around 25% of the participants were introduced to solids or semi-solids before six months. The results strongly suggest that more initiative needs to be taken to educate mothers on infant and young child feeding practices as nutritional intake and growth during this period are associated with many medical conditions in the future.

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Muniandy, Naleena Devi
naleena@uitm.edu.my
Mahdy, Nik Aishah Aliffah
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Mat Saad, Ifrah Ruwaida
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Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine > Food and food supply in relation to public health
R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > Child Health. Child health services
T Technology > TX Home economics > Nutrition. Foods and food supply
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor > Puncak Alam Campus > Faculty of Health Sciences
Journal or Publication Title: Health Scope
UiTM Journal Collections: Others > Healthscope
ISSN: 2735-0649
Volume: 3
Number: 3
Page Range: pp. 69-73
Keywords: Early feeding practices, nutritional status, nurseries toddlers
Date: September 2020
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/64858
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