Comparison of the Nutritional Status of Overseas Refugee Children with Low Income Children in Washington State.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The extent that the dual burden of undernutrition and overnutrition affects refugee children before resettlement in the US is not well described.

Objective

To describe the prevalence of wasting, stunting, overweight, and obesity among refugee children ages 0-10 years at their overseas medical screening examination prior to resettlement in Washington State (WA), and to compare the nutritional status of refugee children with that of low-income children in WA.

Methods

We analyzed anthropometric measurements of 1047 refugee children ages 0-10 years old to assess their nutritional status at the overseas medical screening examination prior to resettlement in WA from July 2012--June 2014. The prevalence estimates of the nutritional status categories were compare

SUBMITTER: Dawson-Hahn EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4725764 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature