Research on Nutrition, Dental Caries Status Using Novel Methods, and Related Factors to Preschool Children in Rural Areas of Vietnam

Table 2

Nutritional status of children.

Nutritional status of children based on height-for-age
	Stunting		Normal
Age	n	%	n	%
2	14	28.0	36	72.0
3	60	28.8	148	71.2
4	24	11.8	180	88.2
5	28	12.3	200	87.7
Nutritional status of children based on weight-for-age
	Underweight		Normal
Age	n	%	n	%
2	2	4.0	48	96.0
3	18	8.7	190	91.3
4	10	4.9	194	95.1
5	32	14.0	196	86.0
Nutritional status of children based on BMI-for-age
	Wasted		Normal		Overweight risk		Overweight		Obesity
Age	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
2	2	4.0	22	44.0	16	32.0	10	20.0	0	0.0
3	4	1.9	168	80.8	24	11.5	4	1.9	8	3.8
4	4	2.0	172	84.3	20	9.8	6	2.9	2	1.0
5	14	6.1	196	86.0	0	0.0	18	7.9	0	0.0

Natural numbers (n) indicate the number of children in groups; the decimals indicate the percentages of the groups.