Tình trạng dinh dưỡng của học sinh tại hai trường phổ thông dân tộc nội trú trung học cơ sở Tỉnh Yên Bái năm 2019

Abstract

This study was conducted to describe the nutritional status of the ethnic minority students at the ethnic boarding junior high school at Yen Binh district and Tran Yen district, Yen Bai province in 2019. This is a descriptive, cross-sectional method on 535 ethnic minority students. Data was collected by interview with pre-designed questionnaires and direct measurement. The international reference standard was used to assess the students nutritional status. The prevalence of stunting among ethnic minority students accounted for 15.0%, body wasting by malnutrition was 4.5%. The prevalence of overweight and obesity tended to increase with the rate of 7.3%. There was no statistically significant difference in the prevalence of malnutrition as well as the prevalence of overweight and obesity by age among students in the two ethnic boarding junior secondary schools in Yen Binh district and Tran Yen district, Yen Bai province (p > 0.05).