Growth and development status of preschool children from three kindergartens in Taiyuan

YUAN Chen-shan

Chinese Journal of Child Health Care ›› 2011, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (4) : 368-370.

Chinese Journal of Child Health Care ›› 2011, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (4) : 368-370.

Growth and development status of preschool children from three kindergartens in Taiyuan

  • YUAN Chen-shan
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【Objective】 To investigate the physical development of children who were in three kindergartens from Taiyuan and evaluate the growth status and nutritional status of them, raise some better opinion. 【Methods】 The body weight and height of 772 preschool children(boys 383, grils 389)aged 3 to 6 years old in the 3 kindergartens of Taiyuan city were measured by the unitive measurements. The WHO Child Growth Standards and China Child Growth Standards were used to compute the Z-scores by SPSS16.0, and were compared with 2002 National nutrition survey. 【Result】 The rates of malnutrition, stunting, underweight and overweight which accounted by two standards were lower than average level of whole country, rates of obesity was equal to whole country. 【Conclusions】 The growth and development of the children are better than WHO standards and 2009 national growth standards. The growth development status of these children are fine. The results given by two standards are similar.

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preschool children / growth and development / growth standards

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YUAN Chen-shan. Growth and development status of preschool children from three kindergartens in Taiyuan[J]. Chinese Journal of Child Health Care. 2011, 19(4): 368-370

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