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J Arak Uni Med Sci 2004, 7(3): 21-26 |
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Kahbazi M, Chehreie A. The Effect of Complementary Nutrition Teaching by Physician on Weight of 6-12 Month Old Children With Growth Failure. J Arak Uni Med Sci 2004; 7 (3) :21-26
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Introduction: Good nutrition is important for growth and development of children. Regarding the fact that most of brain growth is done in first years of life, the importance of a good nutrition at this time can not be denied. In our country there is a high incidence of growth failure. Todat the complementary nutrition teaching is being performed by primary care provider and physicians are less active in this important field. In this study we investigated the effect of complementary nutrition teaching by physicians on weight of children with growth failure.
Materials and Methods: This study is a before and after clinical trial. In this study 100 children between 6-24 months old with growth failure and no disease as the result for failure were investigated. Their mothers were educated about complementary nutrition by physicians. Then children,s weight was assessed every month for three months. Results were comparisoned with the data from three months before education.
Results: In this study 45% of children were male. The mean of age was 11.38 months. There was a meaningful difference between the difference of mean weight in the end of the without teaching period and its firast (-0.49) and the difference between the mean weight in the end of the teaching period and its first (1276 gr) (p<0.001). The difference of z score at the first of teaching period (1.25) in comparison with the without teaching period (0.04) was meaningfully increased.
Conclusion: In general mothers complementary nutrition teaching by physician had an effective role in resolving childrens growth failure and improving their weight gain. We recommend that when physicians are confronted with children with growth failure it is better to perform complementary nutrition education as a priority instead of performing paraclinic studies.
Materials and Methods: This study is a before and after clinical trial. In this study 100 children between 6-24 months old with growth failure and no disease as the result for failure were investigated. Their mothers were educated about complementary nutrition by physicians. Then children,s weight was assessed every month for three months. Results were comparisoned with the data from three months before education.
Results: In this study 45% of children were male. The mean of age was 11.38 months. There was a meaningful difference between the difference of mean weight in the end of the without teaching period and its firast (-0.49) and the difference between the mean weight in the end of the teaching period and its first (1276 gr) (p<0.001). The difference of z score at the first of teaching period (1.25) in comparison with the without teaching period (0.04) was meaningfully increased.
Conclusion: In general mothers complementary nutrition teaching by physician had an effective role in resolving childrens growth failure and improving their weight gain. We recommend that when physicians are confronted with children with growth failure it is better to perform complementary nutrition education as a priority instead of performing paraclinic studies.
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Received: 2021/01/29 | Accepted: 2004/10/1
Received: 2021/01/29 | Accepted: 2004/10/1
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