01291nam a22001817a 4500 D0001J000306 DOH 20210324114130.0 210324b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Alesna, Danilo T. Nutritional status of Grade IV public school children of Zapatera Elementary School, Cebu City : a survey / Danilo T. Alesna A survey was conducted on the nutritional status of 504 Grade IV school children of Zapatera Public Elementary School. Using the weight-for-height standard of the Waterlow classification it was noted that a total of 71 (14.09%) subjects were undernourished. Of these, 70(13.9%) subjects were mildly underweight and one (0.19%) was moderately underweight. There were 234 (46.4%) students with height-for-age deficits. Of these, 203 (40.3%) were mildly stunted, 30(5.9%) was severely stunted. Among the 276 females, 132 (47.8%) were stunted and 43 (15.6%) were wasted. And of the 228 males, 102 (44.7%) and 28 (12.2%) were stunted and wasted, respectively. The results emphasize the prevalence of undernutrition among our public school children. Cebu Doctors' Proceedings, 1992 8 (2) pages 11-13 Nutrition Surveys Nutritional Status Child JA 3757 3757 0 0 nlm 0 0 DOHCL DOHCL ElectronicRes 2021-03-24 0 J000306 D0001J000306 2021-03-24 00:00:00 2021-03-24 JA