Nutritional Status and Associated Risk Factors of Syrian Children’s Residents in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional status and associated risk factors of Syrian children living in Saudi Arabia. In this study, 55 boys and 55 girls ranging in age from 6 to 12 years were selected. Socioeconomic data of families were collected using a structured questionnaire. The particip...

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Autores principales:	Khaled M. AlZoubi, Ghedeir M. Alshammari, Abdulrahman S. AL-Khalifah, Mohammed A. Mohammed, Hind E. Aljuhani, Mohammed A. Yahya
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	Syrian respondents malnutrition overweight stunting Saudi Arabia nutritional awareness Pediatrics RJ1-570
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/4869ee6a40c24071a9dc9d477f83a9e4
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4869ee6a40c24071a9dc9d477f83a9e42021-11-25T17:14:53ZNutritional Status and Associated Risk Factors of Syrian Children’s Residents in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia10.3390/children81110532227-9067https://doaj.org/article/4869ee6a40c24071a9dc9d477f83a9e42021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/11/1053https://doaj.org/toc/2227-9067This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional status and associated risk factors of Syrian children living in Saudi Arabia. In this study, 55 boys and 55 girls ranging in age from 6 to 12 years were selected. Socioeconomic data of families were collected using a structured questionnaire. The participants’ anthropometric measurements were calculated. The 24-h recall method was applied to calculate the daily food intake. Dietary nutrients’ average daily intake of both boys and girls was significantly (<i>p</i> ≤ 0.01) lower than that of the dietary reference intake (DRI) with few exceptions. The sedentary lifestyles of both boys and girls had a negative impact on their food choices, and as a result, a large number of them were underweight and suffered from malnutrition and stunting. Spearman correlation coefficients revealed that most of the children’s dependent variables were risk factors and strongly and negatively associated with their nutritional status proxies. The study concluded that both boys and girls had unbalanced nutritional status with high percentages of malnutrition and stunting because most dependent factors were adversely related to the independent ones.Khaled M. AlZoubiGhedeir M. AlshammariAbdulrahman S. AL-KhalifahMohammed A. MohammedHind E. AljuhaniMohammed A. YahyaMDPI AGarticleSyrian respondentsmalnutritionoverweightstuntingSaudi Arabianutritional awarenessPediatricsRJ1-570ENChildren, Vol 8, Iss 1053, p 1053 (2021)
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topic	Syrian respondents malnutrition overweight stunting Saudi Arabia nutritional awareness Pediatrics RJ1-570
spellingShingle	Syrian respondents malnutrition overweight stunting Saudi Arabia nutritional awareness Pediatrics RJ1-570 Khaled M. AlZoubi Ghedeir M. Alshammari Abdulrahman S. AL-Khalifah Mohammed A. Mohammed Hind E. Aljuhani Mohammed A. Yahya Nutritional Status and Associated Risk Factors of Syrian Children’s Residents in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
description	This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional status and associated risk factors of Syrian children living in Saudi Arabia. In this study, 55 boys and 55 girls ranging in age from 6 to 12 years were selected. Socioeconomic data of families were collected using a structured questionnaire. The participants’ anthropometric measurements were calculated. The 24-h recall method was applied to calculate the daily food intake. Dietary nutrients’ average daily intake of both boys and girls was significantly (<i>p</i> ≤ 0.01) lower than that of the dietary reference intake (DRI) with few exceptions. The sedentary lifestyles of both boys and girls had a negative impact on their food choices, and as a result, a large number of them were underweight and suffered from malnutrition and stunting. Spearman correlation coefficients revealed that most of the children’s dependent variables were risk factors and strongly and negatively associated with their nutritional status proxies. The study concluded that both boys and girls had unbalanced nutritional status with high percentages of malnutrition and stunting because most dependent factors were adversely related to the independent ones.
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author	Khaled M. AlZoubi Ghedeir M. Alshammari Abdulrahman S. AL-Khalifah Mohammed A. Mohammed Hind E. Aljuhani Mohammed A. Yahya
author_facet	Khaled M. AlZoubi Ghedeir M. Alshammari Abdulrahman S. AL-Khalifah Mohammed A. Mohammed Hind E. Aljuhani Mohammed A. Yahya
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title	Nutritional Status and Associated Risk Factors of Syrian Children’s Residents in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
title_short	Nutritional Status and Associated Risk Factors of Syrian Children’s Residents in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
title_full	Nutritional Status and Associated Risk Factors of Syrian Children’s Residents in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr	Nutritional Status and Associated Risk Factors of Syrian Children’s Residents in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed	Nutritional Status and Associated Risk Factors of Syrian Children’s Residents in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
title_sort	nutritional status and associated risk factors of syrian children’s residents in the kingdom of saudi arabia
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/4869ee6a40c24071a9dc9d477f83a9e4
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Nutritional Status and Associated Risk Factors of Syrian Children’s Residents in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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