Authors
- Yahya Pasdar
- Mitra Darbandi
- Alireza Janbakhsh
- Parisa Niazi
- Mansour Rezaee
- Korosh Hamzehei
- SeyyedMohammad Azizi
- Seyyed Mostafa Nachvak
Abstract
Background: Starting to work from early age can have negative impact on the growth and nutritional status, especially if the children are employed in dangerous jobs. This study aimed to assess nutritional status and growth in working children who were working in Kermanshah.
Materials and Methods: This survey was a case-control study that wasdoneon90 working childrenand90not- working children in Kermanshah. Information related to anthropometric indices with measurements of height and weight, demographic data using demographic questionnaire and food intake using food frequency questionnaire were collected. To compare growth of children with standards we use body mass index percentiles for sex and age provided by Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Data analysis was performed using SPSS software version 16.
Results: Mean of age working children was 16.4±1.8 years and 15.7% of them were illiterate. Consumption of all food groups except the miscellaneous group in working children was significantly lower than not- working children(p
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