Hygiene of populated placesISSN: 2707-0441 eISSN: 2707-045X
Issue 65, 2015   -   Pages: 166-172
SCREENING ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF RURAL SCHOOL CHILDREN LIVING IN AN AREA NEAR THE CHERNOBYL ZONE
N.F. Dubova1, Yu.I. Bandazhevsky2, O.M. Kadun3
1 SHUPYK NATIONAL MEDICAL ACADEMY OF POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION
2 ECOLOGY AND HEALTH COORDINATION AND ANALYTICAL CENTRE
3 CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF IVANKIV DISTRICT (KYIV REGION)

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SUMMÀRY:
The article presents data on the assessment of nutritional status and harmony of physical development of rural children and adolescents aged 7-17 years residing in Ivankov district of Kyiv region radioactively contaminated as a result of the Chernobyl accident. 563 pupils, 299 girls and 264 boys, were analysed. As screening tests for the assessment of physical development abnormalities, the most informative and available Quetelet II and Rohrer indices were used.
It is shown that among the examined children in all age groups boys and girls with index values considered as normal are in the majority. They amounted to 71.2% (according to body mass index) and 60.6% (according to Rohrer index) of children. The percentage of school children with body mass deficit (17.9%) was significantly higher than the prevalence of excess weight (6.4%). Abnormal physical development significantly prevailed in boys (43.9% against 35.5% in girls). The analysis found that the children of primary school age (7-9 years) and boys aged 15-17 years are the lowest rated as to physical development and require careful monitoring and adoption of corrective measures to prevent the development of diseases.
The use of Rohrer index is substantiated for the assessment of level and harmony of physical development during screening examination of children.