Assessment of the nutritional status with comparison of the growth and development by using some antropometric measures [Çocuklarda bazi antropometrik ölçümlere göre büyüme gelişme durumlarinin karşilaştirilmasiyla beslenme degerlendirmesi]

This research was done to assess the nutritional status with comparison of the physical growth and development by using some anthropometric measures of 3-6 years old children attending to private and government nursery schools in Adana region. The percentage of children attending to private nursery schools (PNS) was 41.4 %, whereas of those attending to government nursery schools (GNS) was 58.6 %. The number of boys and girls was investigated in the research equal. 18.2 % of the children were in 3-years, 20.7 % of the children were in 4-years, 22.9 % of the children were in 5-years and 38.2 % of the children were in 6-years group. The result found in this research could be summarised as follows: 91 children out of 116 (78.4 %), attending to PNS, and 110 children out of 164 (67.0 %), attending to GNS, were found to be agreeable according to their height, weight and upper mid-arm circumference. It was found that the ratio of thin children is 20.4 %, when assessed according to Turkish national standard. This ratio was found to be 10.3 % in the group attending to PNS and 27.4 % in the group attending to GNS. The ratio of short children was found 2.5 % according to Turkish national standard. The ratio of children who are in 95 percentil upper mid-arm circumference was 65.3 % when compared with Frisancho's standard. This ratio was 74.1 % for the children attending to PNS and 59.2 % for the children attending to GNS. The results with regard to height, weight and upper mid-arm circumference were statistically different between children attending to PNS and GNS within the same age group (p<0.05). The correlation analysis showed that there were significant positive correlations between height, weight and upper mid-arm circumference of children (p