Investigation On Nutrition And Health Status Of Residents In Qinghai Province In

Objective To understand the diet structure, behavior and epidemiological characteristic of chronic diseases among residents in Qinghai province so as to assess the nutrition and health status and work out health policies for adopting healthy lifestyle.Methods The multiple stage random clustering sampling was used under four categories of urban, rural,rural and pasturing as well as pasturing areas according to their economic status. At first stage,four counties was selected from each kind of area; At second stage, three townships were selected from each county; At third stage, three villages were selected from each township; At fourth stage,30families were selected from each village.All family members were surveyed and examined physically.Two thirds villages needs laboratory work.One village from each county was conducted diet investigation. The database was made with Epidata3.02and analyzed with SPSS13.0software.Results The research project coverd4counties,12townships including1116families with4349persons. The male and female are2141and2206respectively.The average intake of food in every standard person day is respectively:408.61g corn food,228.21g vegetable and fruits,75.06g meat and water food,187.59g diary and bean,34.68g food oil,13g salt and soy; The average intake of nutrients by every standard person is respectively:2213.71kcal calories,65.76g protein,74.09g fat;321.48μg vitamin,0.76mg vitamin B,1mg riboflavin,12.69mg nicotinic acid,95.84mg vitamin C,29.7mg vitamin E; The average intake of nutrients by every standard person is respectively:495.95mg calcium,25.08mg iron,11.19mg zinc。The energy provided by corn food acoounts for54.45%of all food energy. Altogether3720adolescents between7-17years old were investigated including1875boys and1845girls in the research. The average height and weight of male adolescents is higher than that of fe male adolescents in different areas,the average BMI of male adolescents is a little higher than that of fe male adolescents in every age satge. Altogether2791adults participating in the research including1227male and1564female, their average height is161.27cm, the average weight is60.67kg; The growth retard rate of children under5years old is12.1%. Among four areas, the growth retard rate of children in urban area is the lowest, followed by that of rural and pasturing area, rural area and pasturing areas.The malnutrition rate among adults over18years old is6.49%.The proportion of low birth weight among infants is9.95%, which is higher than thatof national level (3.6%0in2002。The infants breast feed rate within4months is56.8%in our province, the ablactation time of infants under3years old is8.5months. The anemia prevalence is15.2%, the average HB is148.5g/L, the overweight rate is16.9%by WHO standard and the obesity rate is3.7%in three investigated areas.Conclusions The health status of residents is facing double disease burden in Qinghai province; The big difference between urban and rural areas in nutrition and health status increase the difficulties in disease prevention and control.