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Amiri S H. Prevalence of malnutrition among children under five years of age at Ataturk Children's Hospital in Kabul in 1402. KJMS 2024; 9 (15) :25-32
URL: http://kjms.knu.edu.af/article-1-49-en.html

Introduction: According to the World Health Organization definition, malnutrition is a deficiency, increase or imbalance in the amount of energy. Nutrition has a fundamental roll in childhood growth and development. Prenatal growth and development are influenced by maternal factors and hereditary effects, but after birth the growth process is mostly affected by social, economic and environmental family factors.
Materials and Methods: This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of malnutrition with children under five years of age during the first six months of 1402 from April to the end of September at Ataturk Children's Hospital in Kabul.
Results: The total number of children who visited the hospital was 9,822 children, among which the number of children with malnutrition was 823. The prevalence of malnutrition (33.8%) was received. Each of the collected events is considered to be gender, age, place of residence, weight, height, arm size, and lack of swelling, date of referral, outcome of treatment, whether the patient is inside the bed or in the form of OPD as shown below.
Conclusion: The results of this study showed that the prevalence of malnutrition with girls was higher than boys, in terms of age group between 24 and 59 months, the prevalence of malnutrition with children under five years of age (8.3%). Due to the high prevalence of low weight, short stature and thinness in national regions, optimal nutrition education tailored to the culture and facilities of the region, emphasis on health care such as continuous monitoring of children's growth and malnutrition-related disease control programs are recommended.