@book{oai:chikyu.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000717,
 author = {山内, 太郎 and 久保, 晴敬 and 今, 小百合 and Lekprichakul, Thamana and 櫻井, 武司 and 菅野, 洋光 and YAMAUCHI, Taro and Kubo, Harutaka and Kon, Sayuri and Thamana, Lekprichakul and SAKURAI, Takeshi and Kanno, Hiromitsu},
 month = {Jan},
 note = {application/pdf, Objective: This study aimed to evaluate growth and nutritional status of children in rural Zambia by analyzing 26 months of longitudinal data on height and body weight data, with a special emphasis on sex and age differences.
Participants and Methods: Participants were 218 children (106 boys, 112 girls) from 48 households. Between November 2007 and December 2009, height was measured monthly and body weight was measured weekly. Weekly body weight was averaged over each month. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated using the height and body weight. Growth curves of height and body weight were drawn for each sex using all data measured over the 26-month period, and were evaluated against percentile curves of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) reference population. Nutritional status was assessed using calculated Z-scores, and the rate of malnutrition such as stunting (low height-for-age Z-score), underweight (low weight-for-age Z-score), wasting (low weight-for-height Z-score), and thinness (low BMI-for-age Z-score) were determined.
Results and Discussion: Similar to the results of previous studies in Zambian children, the rate of stunting was high. However, based on the BMI Z-score or the weight-for-height Z-sore where influences of height and weight are offset, it is suggested that nutritional status of these children is generally good. Distinct variations in nutritional status by age were observed in the children, and were possibly due to the approximately 2-year delay of puberty compared to the reference US population. Further studies are needed to assess nutritional status comprehensively by examining the children’s diet and physical activity in addition to anthropometry. It would be desirable to develop local reference growth curves instead of using international reference data based on Western populations, 和文のものは、英文の報告の内容を要約したものとなっている},
 publisher = {総合地球環境学研究所},
 title = {ザンビア共和国農村部に居住するトンガの子どもの成長と栄養状態 ― 26ヶ月間の成長モニタリング ―},
 year = {2011},
 yomi = {ヤマウチ, タロウ and クボ, ハルタカ and コン, サユリ and サクライ, タケシ and カンノ, ヒロミツ}
}