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Nutritional Problems in Children Aged 1-24 Months: Comparison of Hill-Tribe and Thai Children
Panpanich R 
,
Vitsupakom K ,
. SC
,
Vitsupakom K ,
. SC RATANA PANPANICH,M.D.*,
KANNIKA VITSUPAKORN, M.Sc. *,
SUPOT CHAREONPORN**
A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Maecham district, Chiang Mai. The objective
was to determine the magnitude of nutritional problems in children aged 1-24 months, both of
hill-tribe and Thai communities, where breast-feeding is highly prevalent. Three hundred and fifty
nine children were recruited, 252 were hill-tribe (Karen and Lahu), and 107 .were Thai children.
Anthropometric measurements were taken and mothers were interviewed. In a group of hill-tribe
children, the prevalence of malnutrition (Z score of weight for age < -2) was 25.0 compared with
12.1 per cent for Thai children (p
KANNIKA VITSUPAKORN, M.Sc. *,
SUPOT CHAREONPORN**
A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Maecham district, Chiang Mai. The objective
was to determine the magnitude of nutritional problems in children aged 1-24 months, both of
hill-tribe and Thai communities, where breast-feeding is highly prevalent. Three hundred and fifty
nine children were recruited, 252 were hill-tribe (Karen and Lahu), and 107 .were Thai children.
Anthropometric measurements were taken and mothers were interviewed. In a group of hill-tribe
children, the prevalence of malnutrition (Z score of weight for age < -2) was 25.0 compared with
12.1 per cent for Thai children (p
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