The anthropometric, vitamin A and iron status of pre-school children in the Western and Northern Cape Provinces

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dc.contributor.advisorLabadarios, D.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBlaauw, Reneeen_ZA
dc.contributor.otherStellenbosch University. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dept. of Human Nutrition.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-27T14:03:51Z
dc.date.available2012-08-27T14:03:51Z
dc.date.issued1998-11
dc.descriptionThesis (PhD) -- University of Stellenbosch, 1998.
dc.description.abstractENGLISH ABSTRACT: Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) and anaemia are major nutritional disorders worldwide, including Africa . It has been estimated that ½ million children go blind annually due to vitamin A deficiency, whereas anaemia affects approximately a quarter of the world's population. Furthermore, protein energy malnutrition (PEM) is known to be responsible for 55 % of childhood deaths worldwide. n view of these relationships, the aims of this study were to establish the anthropometric, vitamin A and iron status of pre-school children in the Western Cape (as part of a national survey), as well as to identify major factors contributing to poor status.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Vitamien A tekort en anemie is belangrike nutrisionele probleme wereldwys, insluitend Afrika. Na raming is vitamien A tekort verantwoordelik vir die ontstaan van blindheeid in ongeveer ½ miljoen kinders jaarliks, terwyl anemie voorkom onder ongeveer 'n kwart van die wereld se bevolking. Verder is dit bekend dat proteien-energie-wanvoeding (PEW) verantwoordelik is vir 55% van kindersterftes wereldwyd. In die lig van hierdie bevindinge, was die doelwitte van hierdie studie om die antropometriese-, vitamien A- en ysterstatus van voorskoolse kinders in die Wes-Kaap en Noord-Kaap provinsies (as deel van 'n nasionale studie) te bepaal, en om die belangrikste bydraende faktore tot 'n swak status te identifiseer.af_ZA
dc.description.versionDoctorate
dc.format.extentix, 357 pages : illustrations
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/70292
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
dc.rights.holderStellenbosch University
dc.subject.lcshVitamin A deficiency -- Northern Cape (South Africa)en_ZA
dc.subject.lcshIron deficiency anemia in children -- Northern Cape (South Africa)en_ZA
dc.subject.lcshVitamin A deficiency -- Western Cape (South Africa)en_ZA
dc.subject.lcshIron deficiency anemia in children -- Western Cape (South Africa)en_ZA
dc.subject.nameUCTD
dc.titleThe anthropometric, vitamin A and iron status of pre-school children in the Western and Northern Cape Provincesen_ZA
dc.typeThesis
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