The Prevalence and Severity of Protein--Calorie Malnutrition in Sudanese Children

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Abstract
One thousand two hundred and ninety-one Sudanese children aged six months to four years, living in the Gezira, a farming community considered to be prosperous relative to other parts of the Sudan, were examined. Clinical and anthropometric measurements were recorded. These showed a tendency to drop below Caucasian standards of weight, height, mid-arm circumference and triceps skinfold thiekness, starting about the age of six months. Only 47% of the children were found to be well nourished; of the remainder 1% had severe, 17% moderate and 35% mild protein—calorie malnutrition. Together with the data collected from two other different areas, the findings of this study indicate that malnutrition is a grave paediajric problem in the Sudan.

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