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Assessment of the Nutritional Status of Preschool Children in a Number of Nursery Schools in the Commune of Ratoma, Conakry, Guinea
Nutritional Sciences Laboratory, Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition, Guinean Higher School of Tourism and Hospitality, Conakry, Guinea
Nutritional Sciences Laboratory, Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition, Guinean Higher School of Tourism and Hospitality, Conakry, Guinea
Nutritional Sciences Laboratory, Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition, Guinean Higher School of Tourism and Hospitality, Conakry, Guinea
Nutritional Sciences Laboratory, Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition, Guinean Higher School of Tourism and Hospitality, Conakry, Guinea
Nutritional Sciences Laboratory, Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition, Guinean Higher School of Tourism and Hospitality, Conakry, Guinea
Laboratory of pharmacology and Improved Traditional Medicines, Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin
Laboratory of pharmacology and Improved Traditional Medicines, Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin
Laboratory of pharmacology and Improved Traditional Medicines, Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin
Biology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Gamal Abdel Nasser University, Conakry, Guinea
- 1 Nutritional Sciences Laboratory, Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition, Guinean Higher School of Tourism and Hospitality, Conakry, Guinea
- 2 Nutritional Sciences Laboratory, Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition, Guinean Higher School of Tourism and Hospitality, Conakry, Guinea
- 3 Nutritional Sciences Laboratory, Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition, Guinean Higher School of Tourism and Hospitality, Conakry, Guinea
- 4 Nutritional Sciences Laboratory, Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition, Guinean Higher School of Tourism and Hospitality, Conakry, Guinea
- 5 Nutritional Sciences Laboratory, Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition, Guinean Higher School of Tourism and Hospitality, Conakry, Guinea
- 6 Laboratory of pharmacology and Improved Traditional Medicines, Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin
- 7 Laboratory of pharmacology and Improved Traditional Medicines, Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin
- 8 Laboratory of pharmacology and Improved Traditional Medicines, Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin
- 9 Biology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Gamal Abdel Nasser University, Conakry, Guinea
Food and Nutrition Sciences·Volume 16 (2025)·Pages 326–341·Published 5 March 2025·DOI10.4236/fns.2025.163018
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Abstract
Malnutrition in children under the age of 5 is a public health problem in Guinea, particularly in our schools, and has a negative impact on children’s development. It is in this context that the present study on the evaluation of the nutritional status of pre-school children in nursery schools in the commune of Ratoma was carried out. A cross-sectional and descriptive study was carried out from 25 January to 02 March 2020 in ten (10) schools in the Commune of Ratoma, with a total of 402 children. Of the 402 children surveyed, 359 (89.30%) were in a normal nutritional state and 43 (10.69%) in a state of moderate acute malnutrition. Children aged 5 accounted for 51.16% of malnourished children, followed by 4-year-olds (23.25%), 3-year-olds (16.27%) and 2-year-olds (9.30%). There were 0 cases of malnutrition in Kabassan and Hadja Kany schools, and higher percentages in José Marty (18.60%) Santa Maria (16.27%) Wariah (16.27%) Hadja Habibata (13.95%) and Elhadj Naby and Safia (11.62%).
KeywordsNutritional StatusAgePre-SchoolRatoma
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