Effectiveness of home-based "egg-suji" diet in management of severe acute malnutrition of Rohingya refugee children.
Children
Egg-suji
Homemade diet
Nutrition counseling
Nutritional status
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM)
Journal
Journal of health, population, and nutrition
ISSN: 2072-1315
Titre abrégé: J Health Popul Nutr
Pays: Bangladesh
ID NLM: 100959228
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
25 11 2022
25 11 2022
Historique:
received:
17
01
2022
accepted:
21
08
2022
entrez:
26
11
2022
pubmed:
27
11
2022
medline:
30
11
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Prevalence of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) among Rohingya children aged 6-59 months who took shelter in refugee camp in Cox's Bazar District, Bangladesh, was found to be 7.5%. To measure the effectiveness of homemade diet in the management of severe acute malnutrition of Rohingya refugee children. In total, 645 SAM children (MUAC < 11.5 cm) aged 6-59 months were selected and fed the homemade diet for 3 months by their caregivers and followed up for next 2 months. Nutrition counseling, demonstration of food preparation and the ingredients of food (rice powder, egg, sugar and oil) were provided to the families for 3 months to cook "egg-suji" diet to feed the children. The study children were assessed for nutritional status. After intervention, energy intake from diet increased from 455.29 ± 120.9 kcal/day to 609.61 ± 29.5 kcal/day (P = 0.001) in 3 months. Frequency of daily food intake improved from 4.89 ± 1.02 to 5.94 ± 0.26 (P = 0.001). The body weight of children increased from 6.3 ± 1.04 kg to 9.93 ± 1.35 kg (P = 0.001), height increased from 67.93 ± 6.18 cm to 73.86 ± 0.35 (P = 0.001) cm, and MUAC improved from 11.14 ± 1.35 cm to 12.89 ± 0.37 cm (P = 0.001). HAZ improved from - 3.64 ± 1.35 to - 2.82 ± 1.40 (P = 0.001), WHZ improved from - 2.45 ± 1.23 to 1.03 ± 1.17 (P = 0.001), WAZ improved from - 3.8 ± 0.61 to - 0.69 ± 0.78, and MUACZ improved from - 3.32 ± 0.49 to 1.8 ± 0.54 (P = 0.001) from the beginning to the end of observation. Morbidity was found in 5.12% children in the first month which reduced to 0.15% at the end of follow-up. Nutritional counseling and supply of food ingredients at refugee camps resulted in complete recovery from severe malnutrition for all children which was sustainable.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Prevalence of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) among Rohingya children aged 6-59 months who took shelter in refugee camp in Cox's Bazar District, Bangladesh, was found to be 7.5%.
OBJECTIVE
To measure the effectiveness of homemade diet in the management of severe acute malnutrition of Rohingya refugee children.
METHODS
In total, 645 SAM children (MUAC < 11.5 cm) aged 6-59 months were selected and fed the homemade diet for 3 months by their caregivers and followed up for next 2 months. Nutrition counseling, demonstration of food preparation and the ingredients of food (rice powder, egg, sugar and oil) were provided to the families for 3 months to cook "egg-suji" diet to feed the children.
RESULTS
The study children were assessed for nutritional status. After intervention, energy intake from diet increased from 455.29 ± 120.9 kcal/day to 609.61 ± 29.5 kcal/day (P = 0.001) in 3 months. Frequency of daily food intake improved from 4.89 ± 1.02 to 5.94 ± 0.26 (P = 0.001). The body weight of children increased from 6.3 ± 1.04 kg to 9.93 ± 1.35 kg (P = 0.001), height increased from 67.93 ± 6.18 cm to 73.86 ± 0.35 (P = 0.001) cm, and MUAC improved from 11.14 ± 1.35 cm to 12.89 ± 0.37 cm (P = 0.001). HAZ improved from - 3.64 ± 1.35 to - 2.82 ± 1.40 (P = 0.001), WHZ improved from - 2.45 ± 1.23 to 1.03 ± 1.17 (P = 0.001), WAZ improved from - 3.8 ± 0.61 to - 0.69 ± 0.78, and MUACZ improved from - 3.32 ± 0.49 to 1.8 ± 0.54 (P = 0.001) from the beginning to the end of observation. Morbidity was found in 5.12% children in the first month which reduced to 0.15% at the end of follow-up.
CONCLUSIONS
Nutritional counseling and supply of food ingredients at refugee camps resulted in complete recovery from severe malnutrition for all children which was sustainable.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36434664
doi: 10.1186/s41043-022-00321-x
pii: 10.1186/s41043-022-00321-x
pmc: PMC9700960
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
53Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s).
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