Research Article
Nutritional Status of Children Aged 12 to 36 Months in a Rural District of Hungyen Province, Vietnam
Table 4
The prevalence and the severity of malnutrition, anemia, and vitamin D deficiencies among the study subjects.
| Nutritional status | Investigated subjects | Number of cases | Percentage (%) |
| Underweight | 327 | 25 | 7,6 |
| Mild | | 24 | 7.34 |
| Average | | 1 | 0.31 |
| Severe | | 0 | 0.00 |
| Stunting | 327 | 77 | 23.5 |
| Mild | | 65 | 19.88 |
| Average | | 12 | 3.67 |
| Severe | | 0 | 0.00 |
| Wasting | 327 | 22 | 6.7 |
| Mild | | 21 | 6.42 |
| Average | | 1 | 0.31 |
| Severe | | 0 | 0.00 |
| Anemia | 327 | 109 | 33.3 |
| Mild | | 99 | 30.27 |
| Moderate | | 10 | 3.06 |
| Severe | | 0 | 0.00 |
| Vitamin D Deficiency | 327 | 156 | 47.7 |
| Insufficiency | | 149 | 45.56 |
| Deficiency | | 7 | 2.14 |
| Overweight/obesity | 327 | 4 | 1.2 |
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