The changes in the prevalence of underweight and short stature among Polish youth from 1938 to 2020

Annals of Human Biology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 52(1)

Published: May 6, 2025

The issues of underweight and short stature are significant yet underrepresented in the literature. This study examines prevalence changes among Polish youth from 1938 to 2020. Utilising five cross-sectional data sets Kraków, Poland, analysed 24,655 children adolescents aged 3-18 years. Height weight were measured, with BMI calculated. Underweight was determined using Cole's cut-off points, while defined as height below -2 standard deviations mean for age sex. For girls, remained stable at approximately 9.5% 2020, peaking 1983, particularly during puberty, before declining subsequent cohorts. In boys, varied more, 5.6% 11.1% a steady decline thereafter. Short both sexes low (1.5-2.5%) unchanged over 85 increased significantly reflecting adverse environmental conditions, but has decreased last four decades, highlighting socioeconomic influences. Both can affect children's health.

Language: Английский

Determining the minimum data elements to develop a child malnutrition registry system

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 24(1)

Published: Dec. 30, 2024

Today, malnutrition is one of the biggest health crises for children in world. Access to accurate and high-quality data very important establish policies deal with it. Registries are considered valuable tools collection management child malnutrition. Designing a dataset first step toward developing registry system.

Language: Английский