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Abstract
Malnutrition is a broad term which refers to both
under and over nutrition. Children are considered
malnourished if their diet doesn’t provide adequate calories
and protein for growth, or they can’t fully utilize their food
due to acute or chronic diseases.
Aim of the work: The present study focused on evaluating
the prevalence and risk factors of malnutrition among
children below 5 years attending outpatient clinic at
Tamiya hospital (2014-2015).
Patients and methods: The study included 400 outpatient
children at Tamiya hospital. Patients were classified
according to age into four groups; they include 263
males and 137 females, their age’s ranges from 1 to
5years. All patients were subjected to the following:
History taking, complete clinical examination,
measurement of weight, length and height, the
following investigation were done to the studied
groups: Stool analysis, CBC with differentiation and
total serum calcium.