Malnutrition is a major public health problem with short and long-term adverse effects on children particularly in middle and low-income countries. Three out of every ten under-five children are said to be stunted and 19.4% underweight in Nigeria. In Ebonyi State, between 2013 and 2015, the proportion of preschool children with chronic undernutrition rose from 16.2 to 20.6%. Little is documented about the nutritional status of school-age children in Ebonyi State and Nigeria. We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study among 780 children aged 6 to 12 years from 10 primary schools in Abakaliki metropolis. A multistage sampling method was used to select the participants. A pre-tested interviewer-administered structured questionnaire was used to collect information from the children and their parents. Body Mass Index (BMI), Z scores of the weight for age, BMI for age and height for age were obtained using the WHO AnthroPlus software. We estimated the prevalence of undernutrition, over-nutrition, underweight, thinness, stunting, overweight and obesity. Out of 751 pupils that participated, 397 (52.9%) were females and 595 (79.2%) were in public schools. The overall prevalence of undernutrition was 15.7% and that of over-nutrition was 2.1%. The prevalence of underweight, thinness and stunting, overweight and obesity were 8, 7.2, 9.9, 1.4 and 0.7% respectively. The proportion of pupils who were thin was higher among males (8.7%), those attending public schools (8.6%) and those dwelling in rural parts of the metropolis (14.3%) compared to females (5.8%) private school attendees (1.9%) and urban dwellers (4.6%). Stunting was found to be higher among pupils attending public schools (11.8%) compared to those attending private schools (2.5%). The prevalence of stunting was 19.3% among the pupils residing in rural areas and 5% among the pupils living in urban areas of the metropolis. No pupil in private schools was underweight. Over-nutrition was not found among the pupils in rural areas. Both under and over nutrition exist in Abakaliki metropolis. Undernutrition is the more prevalent form of malnutrition among school age children in the metropolis.

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尼日利亚埃博尼州Abakaliki大都会学龄儿童的营养状况

营养不良是一个重大的公共卫生问题，对儿童尤其是在中低收入国家的儿童产生了短期和长期的不利影响。尼日利亚每十个五岁以下儿童中就有三人发育迟缓，体重不足19.4％。在2013年至2015年期间，埃博尼州学龄前儿童慢性营养不良的比例从16.2％上升到20.6％。关于埃博尼州和尼日利亚学龄儿童营养状况的文献很少。我们对Abakaliki大都会10所小学的780名6至12岁的儿童进行了描述性横断面研究。使用多阶段抽样方法选择参与者。预先测试的由访调员管理的结构化问卷用于收集儿童及其父母的信息。体重指数（BMI），使用WHO AnthroPlus软件获得Z年龄体重，BMI年龄体重和Z年龄分数。我们估计了营养不足，营养过度，体重不足，瘦弱，发育迟缓，体重超重和肥胖症的患病率。在751名学生中，女生397名（52.9％），而公立学校595名（79.2％）。营养不足的总体患病率为15.7％，营养过度的总体患病率为2.1％。体重不足，稀薄和发育迟缓，超重和肥胖的患病率分别为8％，7.2、9.9、1.4和0.7％。男性（8.7％），上公立学校（8.6％）和居住在大都市农村地区的学生中，瘦弱的学生比例更高，而私立学校的女生（5.8％）则为女性（5.8％）。 ）和城市居民（4.6％）。发现公立学校的学生（11.8％）发育迟缓比私立学校的学生（2.5％）更高。在大城市的农村学生中，发育迟缓的患病率为19.3％，在大城市的城市中为5％。私立学校没有学生体重过轻。在农村地区的学生中未发现营养过剩。营养不足和过度营养都存在于Abakaliki大都会。营养不足是大都市学龄儿童营养不良的一种较普遍形式。在农村地区的学生中未发现营养过剩。营养不足和过度营养都存在于Abakaliki大都会。营养不足是大都市学龄儿童营养不良的一种较普遍形式。在农村地区的学生中未发现营养过剩。营养不足和过度营养都存在于Abakaliki大都会。营养不足是大都会学龄儿童中营养不良的一种普遍形式。